I MAY SMOKE TOO MUCH

once my future was shiny
as the seat of my pants are today
then old mother luck and all her daughters started duckin' me
when I finally got tired of just
sittin' there watching my life slip away
I said I better start takin' all the living that's a-comin' to me

now I love too much
fight too much
stay out late at night too much
but you bet your butt I'm going to live before I die
and I may smoke too much
drink too much
every blessed thing too much
It's a low-down life but it ain't gonna pass me by

I don't care if the world don't ever hear
the sound of my name
and old mother luck and all her daughters keep a-duckin' me
as long as that cat that I gotta look at when
I shave ain't ashamed
there ain't no Jody in the world I'd ever rather be

                                                 kris kristofferson