Forty Two Hundred and Cigarettes

Well she blew in fast like a Louisiana storm Kinda furious and wild, kinda without a warning Tearing up all the docks with the wind and rain Causing all kinds of trouble on Lake Pontchartrain And me I was swept away Just like flotsam on the river Barely holding Doing the best that I can Whoa Well the storm blowed by and we settled in From the mud and the mire and the water and the sin And the sun come up, make all alright Got a thankful heart we made it through the night Now it's you and me In this big old world we're living in And yeah we're holding on Doing the best that we can Yeah me mama I got I no regrets We got forty two hundred and these cigarettes And I don't know how far we'll get But they can't say we weren't trying Living life, we're living free Got no time for mediocrity And I don't know as far as I see It's best we take these chances Hey, at least we are trying While the world just goes on dying Whoa, oh, oh Well they'll surely wonder how we ever came to be What's a girl like you with a guy like me Yeah, but they don't know how I can make you smile They don't know how you drive me wild Let them speculate While we go on and do the living And yeah, we're holding on Doing the best that we can, yeah And me, mama I got I no regrets We got forty two hundred and these cigarettes And I don't know how far we'll get But they can't say we weren't trying Living life, we're living free Got no time for mediocrity And I don't know as far as I see It's best we take these chances Me, mama I got I no regrets We got forty two hundred and these cigarettes And I don't know how far we'll get But they can't say we weren't trying Living life, we're living free Got no time for mediocrity And I don't know as far as I see It's best we take these chances Hey, at least we're trying While the world just goes on dying Whoa, oh whoa Yeah, but at least we are trying Whoa While the world just goes on dying