if I'm a thousand miles,
a hundred days away,
in a land full of churches
and bales of hay
well I won't call you
and you won't call me
and we can live our lives
in obscurity
and when a sadness flies
on the western wind
I know you'll take the time
when it catches me again
and then I'm standing there
and I'm about to choke,
just remember that I have a heart full of smoke
and if the police come
to throw me in jail
well I might disappear
before you post my bail
and if the police come
to knock down my door
well I could beg for mercy
but they would show me the floor
and with my face down there
they might not hear my joke.
just tell them that I have a heart full of smoke
and with my face down there
they might not hear my joke.
just tell them that I have a heart full of smoke
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