This is how it ends
Intro
His yellow dried up fingers held a cigarette
Like a jumper on a ledge.
The ashes balanced like a tight wire acrobat.
Precariously on edge.
Verse
He coughs like an old sick dog.
Taps the ashes in a jar.
Then spits up some blood and tar.
He wets his lips with whiskey
And then takes another drag.
His whole life in one trash bag.
Chorus
Deserted by family and friends
Remembered for his sins.
This is how, this is how it all ends.
Verse
One white square reminding him
Of where her picture one hung.
A black phone that’s never rung.
He lights his last cigarette
With the butt besides the jar.
Listens to a passing car.
Chorus
Deserted by family and friends
Remembered for his sins.
This is how, this is how it all ends.
Bridge
The scent of his addiction permeates the air.
Hangs to the strands of his greasy hair.
Verse
He coughs like an old sick dog.
Taps the ashes in a jar.
Then spits up some blood and tar.
He wets his lips with whiskey
And then takes another drag.
His whole life in one trash bag.
Chorus
Deserted by family and friends
Remembered for his sins.
This is how, this is how it all ends.
carroll kiphen
So sad.
Larry G. Killam
It happens
carroll kiphen