Standing in line just trying to pay my ticket
Woman in the window and I tell where she can stick it
She asks me for the money and I tell her honey I don't know
Must've flown away like a million times before
I need a cigarette is all she says to me
The times are hard I just want some peace
I need a cigarette I will be just fine
I need a cigarette I'm in my prime
Lady right beside me with a husband full of crack
Says she'll pay his ticket but she's gonna have to break his back
With fifteen children and a credit card is all she's known
The debt is getting higher and she wonders why it's grown
I need a cigarette don't just walk away
All of my problems seem so small today
I need a cigarette I don't have to beg
I need a cigarette is all she said
I walk away undone from this building full of laws
Ten times I must've seen but I swear that I never really saw
I'm absent and I'm thoughtless of all the problems I've left behind
Up ahead a homeless man and he flashes me a sign
I need a cigarette is all she says to me
The times are hard I just want some peace
I need a cigarette I will be just fine
I need a cigarette I'm in my prime
I need a cigarette don't just walk away
For all of my problems seem so small today
I need a cigarette I don't have to beg
I need a cigarette is all she said