Story Behind The Song

My wife made me give up smoking.

Song Description

About a guy who was forced to give up smoking by his wife. But ah, the sadness of a lost pleasure.

Lyrics

Well twenty years is plenty years of constant inhalation puffing like an old steam train chugging into the station

I remember a time way back at my first kindergarten
I was young and innocent but it was barely starting

Smoking, choking,
croaking every morning itching, twitching
when the pack was yawning

man's best friend was never his favourite pet
man's best friend is his constant cigarette

Yes 20 years is plenty years of constant inhalation
the time has come to reckon up my full deterioration
I can never forget the taste of that first cigarette
it took my breath away and I ain't got it back yet

Smoking, choking,
croaking every morning itching, twitching
when the pack was yawning
I'm a running into a deeper oxygen debt
this must be my final cigarette

And I will be free!
I will be free!
I will be free!

From smoking, choking
croaking every morning itching, twitching
when the pack was yawning
I don't need a burning safety net
this has been my final cigarette!

And yes I'm free!
Yes I'm free!
Yes I'm free!

And yet I can't help but grieve
like an old friend has died and I can't help this emptiness inside