[Intro]
(*instrumental*)

[Verse 1]
Mama’s got a Salem hangin’ off her lip
Dad’s puffin’ Winstons on a power trip
My brother lights one just to stir his stew
Even Grandma’s got a pack in her orthopedic shoe

[Verse 2]
We smoke in diners, we smoke in schools
Ashtray thrones and carbon rules
You want clean air? Baby, that’s cute—
But you’ll be breathin’ Camels in your Sunday suit

[Chorus]
Smoke in the air, and everywhere else
We exhale pride and poison ourselves
Windows up, engine hummin’ low
Inhale the freedom, let the cancer grow

[Verse 3]
Drive-in movies, smokin’ through the sex scene
Coughin’ through Casablanca on the silver screen
Grocery clerk lights up mid-scan
Matches meat prices with a tremblin’ hand

[Bridge]
Doctors with Lucky Strikes in their coats
Coaches handin’ Marlboros to their GOATs
No warnings, just swagger and flair
We ash on the floor like we just don’t care

[Chorus]
Smoke in the air, and everywhere else
We ghost through clouds of our younger selves
Flame to filter, no time to waste
We're born with lungs just to burn ‘em in haste

[Breakdown]
“Roll down the window?” she said, “Hell no”
“We’re marinating in this retro glow”
The car’s a chimney, the road’s a blur
And every cough’s a kiss from Lucifer

[Final Chorus]
Smoke in the air, and under your skin
This town don’t breathe—it just sucks in
We’re cool as hell in a nicotine trance
And every exhale’s just another slow dance

[Outro]
(*guitar fades like a cigarette burning out in an old diner ashtray*)
Yeah… we were born into the smoke
Didn’t know any better…
Didn’t want to.

Shakin'

Eddie Money

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