Here are some things I’d rather do with friends than smoke:
Learn new recipes and test my latest home-made joke
Discuss things that are weighing on our minds
And swap ideas for books to read and random movie lines
A lot I do rather than buy into the same old Big Tobacco scam
There’s one thing that I would rather inhale
Clean air – there’s some in Omaha, St. Pete, and Farmingdale
Likely on a hilltop in Santa Fe
But I prefer avoiding smog, so typically not LA
A lot I do rather than buy into the same old Big Tobacco scam
What I’d like to touch my lips instead of a cigarette:
Non-toxic lip balm, or salad topped with my own vinaigrette
A woman’s face without a lot of blush
Even the cereal I had yesterday that’s long since turned to mush – yeah, that’s kind of gross, but I’d still prefer it
A lot I do rather than buy into the same old Big Tobacco scam
A bunch of things I’d rather spend my money on:
Fresh-picked vegetables from down the road or an Avett Brothers song
Some driving goggles for my friend’s dog Clyde
And a bike tune since like me the pick-up’s in no mood to drive
A lot I do rather than buy into the same old Big Tobacco scam
A list this long might just take another song, but I won’t bore you all like that
Not that I’m finished, either
Things to increase versus cancer risk:
My listening skills… and thus chance to get the gist
Knowledge base, my jump rope speed, and dance move repertoire
And how ‘bout some record sales so this gets played near and far
A lot I do rather than buy into the same old Big Tobacco scam
Lastly, things I’d rather smell like instead of butts
Split wood, the grass, old hockey gear, well maybe just the pucks
Ocean air, a lilac, a Christmas tree
Perhaps a bit of natural musk, but ideally odor-free
A lot I do rather than take in toxic chemicals that otherwise are banned
Seek a nicotine rush based on some evil business plan
Give up big piles of hard-earned money to the Man
Plus trade my health for breath defined by hints of garbage can
So NO! I won’t! Buy into (cough) – ew – the same old big Tobacco scam (pfff nope)
Walk the Walk