I can't smoke these reefers any longer.
And yet I'm afraid to let the habit go.
What started out as a habit,
Has grown stronger.
I only wish I had the strength to let it go.

I tell myself that I won't smoke forever.
And the DEA should be my biggest fear.
Cause I feel so secure when I'm smoking reefers.
They give my life direction,
make everything seem clear.

But I'm gonna have quit it,
And I'll start this very night.
I don't wanna get busted
On a cold, dark rainy night.
And I've been closer than I ever thought I might.

And I can't light these reefers anymore.
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
It don't matter anymore,
I've thrown them out the door, forever.

Cause I can't light these reefers anymore.
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
And if I have to crawl upon the floor,
Well, the cops won't crash through my door,
'Cause I won't light no reefers anymore.

My life has been such a whirlwind since I started.
I've been running round in circles in my mind.
And it always seems that I'm taking these strange drug trips,
Cause they take me to the places,
That alone I'd never find.

And even as I wander,
I'll keep the reefers outta sight.
'Cause I don't wanna get busted
On a cold, dark rainy night.
And I've been closer than I ever thought I might.

And I can't light these reefers anymore.
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
It don't matter anymore,
I've throw them out the door, forever.

Cause I can't light these reefers anymore.
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
And if I have to crawl upon the floor,
Well, the cops won't crash through my door,
'Cause I won't light no reefers anymore.

[omit if optional verse is included]
And if I have to crawl upon the floor,
Well, the cops won't crash through my door,
'Cause I won't light no reefers anymore.
***

[optional verse]
Lately my apartment's awfully quiet
The women just don't come here anymore
I guess the drugs were all they really wanted
But they're not worth goin' to jail for

I've made up my mind and I'm not changin' back
I'm giving up drugs once and for all
If the women no longer like me, well that's just tough!!!
I don't need to play their games to have a ball
And I know I'm doing the right thing, after all

Cause I can't light these reefers anymore....
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
It don't matter anymore,
I've thrown them out the door, forever.

Cause I can't light these reefers anymore.
I've forgotten what I started smoking them for.
And if I have to crawl upon the floor,
Well, the cops won't crash through my door,
'Cause I won't light no reefers anymore.

And if I have to crawl upon the floor,
Well, the cops won't crash through my door,
'Cause I won't light no reefers anymore.