Black Tar & Nicotine

Praise myself for a million lies

I could sell religion to Jesus Christ

A broken home I left behind

Gave up everything for a couple of lies

I know my time, it growin' near

My heart is empty and there's no tears

I wasted so many years

Lost in the bottle till I disappear

Heading down the same routine

My throat is high just like a king

But black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams

The world out there is bitter cold

Filled my pockets with blood and stone

Streets I grew up on

I called home

Friends I had left me long ago

Runnin' far and in between

I had it all at seventeen

But black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams

One day heaven came to take my pain

With a fist full of pills and a needle stuck in my vein

Tears rolled down like sweat on my face

I didn't know what to do

'Cause I was afraid

I'm sittin' alone in this motel room

Paper thin walls and a rack for my shoes

Don't know where I'm goin' next

Now I'll lay here in this bed

'Cause black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams

Black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams

Black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams

Black tar & nicotine

Shot me in the heart and killed my dreams