Well I can't kick this habit

and this junk is killin' me

Yes I can't kick this habit

and that junk is killin' me

Ever since I started this habit

Everything been down on me



I hung around my friends and smoked reefer

and I thought I was doin' all right

Yes I hung around my friends and smoked reefer

and I thought I was doin' all right

Now I done lost a good woman

And I have no place to sleep at night



Well I went to the doctor

see could he cure this habit for me

Yes I went to the doctor

see could he cure this habit for me

He looked at me and shook his head

And said that dope is killin' me



(guitar solo, spoken:)

Yes I know it's killin' me...

but I feel good anyhow...

wished I would have listened to what my mother said...

she told me that dope was no good...

I didn't pay her no mind, I thought I was doin' all right...

now I'm stayin' here as sick as I can be...



It don't pay nobody

just to live their life so fast

It don't pay nobody, whoooo

just to live, to live their life so fast

If you just take it slow and easy

Just as long as this habit last