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Illegal Smile Karaoke

John Prine

LyricsIllegal Smile

WHEN I WOKE UP

THIS MORNIN'

THINGS WERE LOOKIN'

BAD

SEEMED LIKE

TOTAL SILENCE

WAS THE ONLY FRIEND

I HAD

A BOWL OF OATMEAL

TRIED TO STARE ME

DOWN AND WON

AND IT WAS

TWELVE O'CLOCK

BEFORE I REALIZED

I WAS HAVIN' NO FUN

AH BUT FORTUNATELY

I HAVE THE KEY

TO ESCAPE REALITY

AND YOU MAY SEE ME

TONIGHT

WITH AN ILLEGAL SMILE

IT DON'T COST

VERY MUCH

BUT IT LASTS A LONG

WHILE

WON'T YOU PLEASE TELL

THE MAN

I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE

NO I'M JUST TRYIN'

TO HAVE ME SOME FUN

4 BAR

BREAK

LAST TIME I CHECKED

MY BANKROLL

IT WAS GETTIN' THIN

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS

LIKE THE BOTTOM

IS THE ONLY PLACE

I'VE BEEN

I CHASED A RAINBOW

DOWN

A ONE-WAY STREET

DEAD END

AND ALL MY FRIENDS

TURNED OUT TO BE

INSURANCE

SALESMEN

AH BUT FORTUNATELY

I HAVE THE KEY

TO ESCAPE REALITY

AND YOU MAY SEE ME

TONIGHT

WITH AN ILLEGAL SMILE

IT DON'T COST

VERY MUCH

BUT IT LASTS

A LONG WHILE

WON'T YOU PLEASE TELL

THE MAN

I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE

NO I'M JUST TRYIN'

TO HAVE ME SOME FUN

4 BAR

BREAK

WELL I SAT DOWN

IN MY CLOSET

WITH ALL MY OVERALLS

TRYIN' TO GET AWAY

FROM

ALL THE EARS

INSIDE MY WALLS

I DREAMED THE POLICE

HEARD EVERYTHING

I THOUGHT

WHAT THEN

WELL I WENT TO COURT

AND THE JUDGE'S NAME

WAS

HOFFMAN

AH BUT FORTUNATELY

I HAVE THE KEY

TO ESCAPE REALITY

AND YOU MAY SEE ME

TONIGHT

WITH AN ILLEGAL SMILE

IT DON'T COST

VERY MUCH

BUT IT LASTS

A LONG WHILE

WON'T YOU PLEASE TELL

THE MAN

I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE

NO I'M JUST TRYIN'

TO HAVE ME SOME FUN

WELL DONE

HOT DOG BUN

MY SISTER'S A NUN

Composer
John Prine
Lyrics
John Prine