Can't Get A Light Lyrics - Blues Traveler

Music & lyrics: john popper 

Driving around on a monday morning 

Got school in four hours, but I blew my last warning 

Not much point in going today 

They don't need me anyway 

Decided I'm tired of looking for the catch 

I'm down to my last cigarette 

Gonna smoke it down, and try to forget 

I know I could make it through the night 

If I could only get a light 

But as it happens, I don't have a match 

I'm in love, I'm in hock 

I'm flunking school, don't know why I'm shocked 

I said, the worst, the worst of all, I can't get a light 

Well, I'm always in my bit of debt 

I bet I owe someone my last cigarette 

In fact, everything I have, I owe 

My mind, my soul, my clothes, my dough 

I guess someday, I'll pay off my dues 

Well, I'm still driving, and heading south 

With an unlit cigarette hanging out my mouth 

It won't be long before the dawn 

Still with all my matches gone 

And I'm just awake enough to get the blues 

I'm in love, I'm in hock 

I'm flunking school, don't know why I'm shocked 

I said, the worst, the worst of all, I can't get a light 

Nothing's coming right 

Well, I'm just too tired to think about my baby 

Is she a yes, or just another maybe 

I wish that I could tell her so 

But I'm just too scared to let her know 

Just how it is I want things to be 

Well, if I could have just one last smoke 

Life might seem like just another joke 

Tomorrow wouldn't be so bad 

I wish it was a match I had 

A smoke is quite essential to someone like me 

I'm in love, I'm in hock 

I'm flunking school, don't know why I'm shocked 

I said, the worst, the worst of all, I can't get a light 

Well, so a brand new day's begun 

But I just cannot seem to get this game won 

I guess I'm sorta lucky, though 

Cause everybody tells me so 

Blew my last chance a long time ago, there's nothing left but strife 

Well, maybe someday I'll get out from under 

And everybody gonna feel my thunder 

But I don't think it'll go down that way 

If I'm having trouble lasting one more day 

Cigarettes and no matches 

That's the story of my life 

Where's that rusty knife 

I'm in love, I'm in hock 

I'm flunking school, don't know why I'm shocked 

I said, the worst, the worst of all, I can't get a light