So begins a story that ends with me
Reading about myself on a magazine
When now is long long time ago
Way back when I still smoked
Woke up at lost and found
It's hard to believe you could live twice
When you're watching a life less televised
As our plane was about to hit the ground
I saved the day by flying upside down
All safe and sound
One wonderful weekend
Me and my fellers
Wrote our own brand
Of a British best-seller
At the high of our might
We had defined our own era
As the advert did advise
Bearded men should not cry
So I became my father's favorite son
Even though, lo and behold, I'm his only one
That's how ends a story I began to read
Tied up to train tracks eating canapés
Lying on the ground
I'd rather not think
About the thick of the matter
At last I'm allowed
To be as light as a feather
I won't need the sun
I kind of like the bad weather
It all makes sense
And so it'd better
As the advert did advise
Bugs that bark do not bite
credits
from When I Still Smoked,
released October 2, 2015
Words and Music by Henry da Rocha
Arranged by Song and Dance Men
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