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

• 1999
• 4th of July
• Ain't That Life
• All up to You
• American Way
• And So It Goes
• Annie Laurie
• Anything Goes
• As We Wonder
• Bad to The Bone
• Best Be on My Way
• Black Cat Jam
• Blister in The Sun
• Can't Get a Light
• Carry Me Home
• Chan's Groove
• Change
• Christmas
• Christmas Blues
• Circle of The Rings
• Cleopatra's Cat
• Come Together
• Corn Mash Blues
• Cracks in The Stone
• Decision of The Skies
• Didn't Mean to Wake Up
• Diner
• Do I Move You
• Dream On
• Faith in You
• Fallen Empire
• Far Away
• Feelin' Groovy
• Five to One
• Get Out of Denver
• Get Out Today
• Gloria
• Glory Glory
• Going up to The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
• Hard to Exist
• Her Me
• Hey Joe
• Hi Heeled Sneakers
• Hit The Road, Jack
• Home is Where You Are
• Hurdy Gurdy Fandango
• I Want to Take You Higher
• I've Been Working on The Railroad
• In The Name of a Cause
• Intro
• Jabberwock
• Jonesin' Prayin'
• Just for Me
• Louie Louie
• Low Rider
• Maybe I'm Wrong
• Midnight Hour
• Mind to Ramble
• Miss You
• Mmmbop
• Monster
• Moonlight Serenade
• Mother Funker
• My Only Regret
• Never a Lover & Always The Friend
• Outta My Hands
• Princeton Eyes
• Put Your Lollipop Away
• Rock Me Baby
• Sarah
• Secret Agent Man
• Severe Infatuation
• She Caught The Katy
• Shotgun Shell
• Should I Stay or Should I Go
• Sick of It All
• Silent Night
• Some Things I Will Not Pretend
• Spinning Spiraling Machine
• Star Spangled Banner
• Superstition
• Sweet Home Chicago
• The Conga
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• The Heavens Get Pissed
• The Joker
• The Light in Her Eyes
• The Path
• The Way
• The Weight
• Time is Free
• To Fro
• Traveler Suite
• View
• Wang Dang Doodle
• Weird Chick
• What Do You Want from Me?
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When The Levee Breaks
• Who Do You Love
• With You
• Wouldn't It Make You Mad
• You Rescued Me