I´m not the same as I used to be
All the things you´ve heard seem hard to believe
Haven´t always been good, never really been bad
Most times I´ve been happy, yeah sometimes I´ve been sad

Sure I´ve made mistakes, haven´t we all
I´ve been loose as a cannon and dumb as a wall
Haven´t always been sober in counting my ducks
And if I look back now I´ve had my share of luck

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But the change didn´t come overnight
I´ve been searching for you all my life
All the habits that I couldn´t handle
I´ve swept them under the rug
In exchange for the sweetest addiction
You, my elusive drug

I´m going to stay now, I really like it here
I may paint your picture, and I might grow a beard
There were times I was crazy, couldn´t handle my life
Don´t think you´d have liked me not at any old price

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And I´ve taken the pills
I got burned out and chilled by the cold
But I´ve no regrets and that being said
You know cheap thrills can get pretty old

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In exchange for the sweetest addiction
You, my elusive drug