Lyric Can t Get A Light

Music & lyrics: john popper

Driving around on a monday morning
Got school in four hours, but i blew my last warning
Not much point in going today
They don t need me anyway
Decided i m tired of looking for the catch
I m down to my last cigarette
Gonna smoke it down, and try to forget
I know i could make it through the night
If i could only get a light
But as it happens, i don t have a match

I m in love, i m in hock
I m flunking school, don t know why i m shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can t get a light

Well, i m always in my bit of debt
I bet i owe someone my last cigarette
In fact, everything i have, i owe
My mind, my soul, my clothes, my dough
I guess someday, i ll pay off my dues
Well, i m still driving, and heading south
With an unlit cigarette hanging out my mouth
It won t be long before the dawn
Still with all my matches gone
And i m just awake enough to get the blues

I m in love, i m in hock
I m flunking school, don t know why i m shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can t get a light
Nothing s coming right

Well, i m just too tired to think about my baby
Is she a yes, or just another maybe
I wish that i could tell her so
But i m just too scared to let her know
Just how it is i want things to be
Well, if i could have just one last smoke
Life might seem like just another joke
Tomorrow wouldn t be so bad
I wish it was a match i had
A smoke is quite essential to someone like me

I m in love, i m in hock
I m flunking school, don t know why i m shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can t get a light

Well, so a brand new day s begun
But i just cannot seem to get this game won
I guess i m sorta lucky, though
Cause everybody tells me so
Blew my last chance a long time ago, there s nothing left but strife
Well, maybe someday i ll get out from under
And everybody gonna feel my thunder
But i don t think it ll go down that way
If i m having trouble lasting one more day
Cigarettes and no matches
That s the story of my life
Where s that rusty knife

I m in love, i m in hock
I m flunking school, don t know why i m shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can t get a light