DADDY SMOKED HIS LIFE AWAY
(Brian Gill, 1986)

What more can I do? What more can I say?
For 30 years now it's been going on the same old way,
Up in the morning, You're looking for a morning light,
'Cause you're a lifetime smoking man.

Cho: One by one, they're dragging you down.
One by one, they're putting you in the ground.
One by one, they're gonna bring about the day
When mama tells her children, "Daddy smoked his life away."

It's all a corporate scam. It's the drug of the times.
They're killing people right and left while the profit margin's doing fine.
It's a personal gift from the angel of death.
They're laughing all the way to the bank while they're stealing
your precious breath.

(Bridge:) Nicotine stains on your fingers and nails,
Coughing like you're gonna die,
When you gonna wake up?
When you gonna open your eyes?

There's a reason for living. There's a reason for love:
Your wife and your family the Good Lord above,
Poppa, we love you more than you'll ever know.
Sometimes it's hard to say. Sometimes it's even harder to show.

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