// 9 THE QUESTION //

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YOU ASKED ME

"WHY DO YOU SMOKE SO MUCH THESE DAYS?"

I DONT KNOW WHY I CAME TO BE

SUCH AN ADDICT IN HER WAYS

THE CIGARETTES ARE CALMING TO ME I GUESS

IN AND OUT YOU BREATHE ITS JUST 

REALLY THE BEST

AND I FIND MYSELF AT LUST

FOR A CIGARETTE AT EVERY ANXIOUS WAKING MOMENT

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I GET CARRIED AWAY IN THE SMELL

I DONT KNOW WHY I LOVE REEKING OF DISGUST

I REALLY DONT LIKE TO TELL

BUT I GUESS I MUST

IT WARDS AWAY THOSE WHO JUDGE SO EASILY

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WHO DO YOU FIND SO FAINT AT HEART

ONES WHO ARE HEALTHY

QUICK AND SMART

SOMEONE WHO DOESNT GET WINDED

JUST GOING UP THE STAIRS

SOMEONE WHO DOESNT SHIVER

GOING OUT IN THE BARE

JUST FOR A CIGARETTE IN THE WINTERTIME

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I MAY STAND OUT IN THE RAIN

FOR JUST ONE CIGARETTE

BUT THATS BECAUSE WE ALL NEED SOMETHING THAT TAKES AWAY THE PAIN

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