Portrait of a Cigarette Smoker at Age 19 by Less Than Jake Lyrics

[Verse 1]I used to be a stereotype, half alive with half open eyes
With a one track mind and a flawed design
Feeling like I was lost at sea at only the age of 19
Floating around in alcohol and apathy
Taking in too much caffeine and nicotine

[Pre-Chorus]
If we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind

[Chorus]
There might not be a next time
With all the ups and downs and turnarounds
Might not be a next time
To the breaking up to breaking down
Might not be a next time
Yeah we were the ones who'd say
There might not be a next time

[Verse 2]
I used to be a stereotype, someone you'd never recognize
With fingers so yellow that they matched the yellow skies
And there were a few things I memorized from all those blurry times
Like bottles clinking under blinking signs
And a few last words from long lost friends of mine
[Pre-Chorus]
And if we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind (there might not be a next time)

[Chorus]
There might not be a next time
With all the ups and downs and turnarounds
Might not be a next time
To the breaking up to breaking down
Might not be a next time
Yeah we were the ones who'd say
There might not be a next time

[Pre-Chorus]
And if we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
Just who we left behind

[Chorus]
After all the fuck ups and fallouts
There might not be a next time
With all the ups and downs and turnarounds
Might not be a next time
Through all the breaking up to breaking down
There might not be a next time
Yeah we were the ones who'd say
There might not be a next time
Might not be a next time
There might not be a next time
[Outro]
Words to live by
We're all doing just fine