Sunday Samples 53
Those of you who have known me personally might know I’m one of those pariahs who smokes. Those of you in close contact with me know I’m quitting. Yes, the one opinion of Keith Olbermann’s that I held out on adopting finally falls. Over this weekend the median length of somatic addiction, but the social and ritualistic aspects linger on. Still, every day it’s just enough to get through today.
In honor of this, I’m going back to the band Lincoln and their one eponymous album for a song called “Straight”.
I’m straight today, and curious
Will I be fast and furious?
Or totally oblivious?
I haven’t got a clueI’m straight today, and petrified
Will anything be magnified?
I’m not exactly qualified
To know just what to doI’ll have to pass the liquor store
And walk right by my dealer’s door
I’ll have to wear my thinking cap
And suck on some Lifesavers‘Cause I’m straight today
It’s a brand-new me, that’s right
I’m straight today
I wonder what I’ll see now that I’m straightI’m straight today, though hardly cured
I’m more than just a little bored
I promise you can rest assured
I’ll be stoned tomorrowI’ll have to pass the liquor store
And walk right by my dealer’s door
I’ll have to wear my thinking cap
And suck on some Lifesavers‘Cause I’m straight today
It’s a brand-new me, that’s right
I’m straight today
I wonder what I’ll see now that I’m straightI’m straight today
Today I’m straight
I’m also trying to give up smoking at the moment.
Good luck!