One Toke Higher

I bought myself some whiskey
and I got myself a gun,
and if lady luck don’t kiss me
then I guess that I’ll be done.
I am runnin’ from the city
and I have nowhere to stay,
and if those big men don’t get me
then I’ll know you heard me pray:
Sweet Lord just don’t forget me
cause I need you here today,
keep away those men that bet me
on those games I couldn’t play.

And Lord, grant me weed; Lord give me fire,
I can’t take this life no more.
Can’t you take me one toke higher
like last night and the night before?
Lady Jane’s my girl, I can’t deny her,
she’s the one that I adore,
so can’t you take me one toke higher
‘fore you send me out the door?

I got myself to drinkin’
and I loaded up my gun
but started off to thinkin’
I don’t want to hurt no one.
I can’t pay the bill I owe
so I’m headin’ on my way
cause old Vegas took my dough
and left me with nothing say.
Could you lighten up this load
and listen to me as I pray
while I’m headed down the road
to find some other place to stay?

Oh Lord, grant me weed; Lord give me fire,
it’s all that I’m lookin’ for.
Can’t you take me one toke higher?
All I want to do is soar!
She’s my girl, my one desire,
take me higher, I implore.
Lady Jane, set my heart on fire,
take me high like never before!

I’m halfway through this bottle
still afraid to shoot my gun
and I’m pushin’ down the throttle,
just a poor man on the run.
Oh I’m runnin’ from that trouble
‘bout a hundred miles away
but this runnin’ is a struggle
cause I’m runnin’ out of day.
There’s these men that wanna rumble
for a debt I cannot pay,
so if there’s whiskey in the jungle
then that’s where I’m gonna stay!