Illegal Smile

I didn't pick one John Prine album.

I picked this collection because this one contains, of course, Sam Stone, Illegal Smile, Donald and Lydia, all from that same first record.

I wanted all of these on a fresh vinyl.

Like sunshine feeding Daisy Like the love hidden deep in your heart

steve goodman's like steve goodman's like dude you can play songs more than once and he's like he didn't know he thought you have to play new stuff every time you perform which is why he had a pile of good songs when it was time to record his first album.

It opens with the brilliant Illegal Smile.

It's just one of the greatest songs about marijuana of all time.

It's got an amazing, it's got a couple of songs about old age, which is interesting for a guy recording when he's young, thinking about old age.

It's a song John wrote when he was 25 years old, and it's about how to deal with all the stress of modern living in the early 70s.

This is the Bad Piano Player and the I Quit Smoking Dope Singer with Illegal Smile.

When I woke up this morning Things were looking bad Seemed like total silence Was the only friend I had bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down and won and it was 12 o'clock before I realized I was having 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 trying to have me some fun Last time I checked my bankroll It was getting thin Sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been chase a rainbow down a one-way street dead end 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 I was just trying to have me some fun.

Well, I sat down in my closet with all my overalls.

Just trying to get away from all the years inside the walls.

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.