my cigarette days (rewrite 1)

I wish I still smoked

I wish I still drank

I wish I still had

money in the bank

you should have seen me

through the nicotine haze

I was quite something

in my cigarette days

I canvassed the avenue

late in the night

looking for something

to not turn out right

I started out common

and wound up amazed

life was adventure

in my cigarette days

          old age and broken dreams follow 

          wherever I go

          I thought I had endless tomorrows

          shows how much I know

you might think I'm crazy

you might think I'm brave

you might think I was born

to misbehave

but where others chose caution

I walked unafraid

I was the man

in my cigarette days

now I've grown old 

and my youth is all gone

and I see no star

for wishing upon

I could be unhappy

but I feel okay

tonight I just miss

my cigarette days