Why I don't take drugs

Written by Sean Kelly. Hear it on YouTube here. 

Verse 1

Clean living guy

I never smoked and for ten years I didn’t drink

But now that’s all changed.

And I find myself just pulling back from the brink

I’m so much closer to tears now than I was

When I lost someone that I loved most

CHORUS 1

And if I took drugs I’d jump in with both feet

And I would never come up

Verse 2

Dread-headed kid

I never thought I’d feel for you like I did

And we had some fun

But you made sure it was over once we’d begun

Will you leave the smoke for a farm?

And my passion for some more conventional charms?

CHORUS 2

And if I had you

No simple exchange of body fluids would do

We’d need a transfusion or two

To try to get me deep enough into you

Verse 3

(Not such a) clean living guy

I need something to get me through these sleepless nights

'cause drinking won’t do

But I’d sleep a whole lot better if I had you

CHORUS 3

And if I took drugs

I’d jump in with both feet

And I would never come up,

 'cause if something’s worth doing

I find

You’ve gotta do it till you hit the end of the line

CHORUS 4

And if I had you

No simple exchange of body fluids would do

We’d need a transfusion or two

To try to get me deep enough into you

CHORUS 5

And if I took drugs

I’d jump in with both feet

And I would never come up,

Cause if something’s worth doing

I find

You’ve gotta do it till you hit

You’ve gotta do it till you hit 

You’ve gotta do it till you hit

The wall, the wall, beyond the end of the line