Andrew Calhoun

Smokin' and Drinkin' 

©1984 Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Shadow of a Wing. 

I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin', 
Getting so low and high. 
I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin'.

I talked with a woman, 
She said you were on vacation
In a cabin on a lake;
You did not bring a lover, 
You had gone there to recover,
Let the water solve the ache.

I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin',  
Getting so low and high.  
I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin'.

The party life's its own thing, 
It will leave your body ringing, 
It will use your time. 
It will set your head to swirling, 
It will send your body whirling, 
Past the rhythm and the rhyme. 

I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin', 
Getting so low and high, 
I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin'. 

The weight is on our shoulders, 
While we're old and getting older, 
With our backs to death; 
We can't turn around and break it, 
We can't run away and shake it, 
Make it weigh a little less. 

I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin', 
Getting so low and high, 
I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin'. 

I feel a morning breaking, 
And I know you are escaping 
From that place you were, 
Where that dark web grows tighter, 
It has grown a little lighter, 
And I thank you, sir. 

I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin', 
Getting so low and high, 
I'm glad you quit smokin' and drinkin'.