Old 97's - You Smoke Too Much lyrics

Hey, you smoke too much of what it was To be in a pocket all padded up The time you loved and long from now Oh, how a year can turn around Oh, how a year can turn around Hey, you drink too much with your old friends Prisoner on their suicide binge To see them here as they were then All went to bag years, none have been All went to bag years, none have been I hung you up in my little place When 21 was on your face Carried you 'round for all to see I sung you for all who would listen to me Now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?" I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Hey, you said too much of what went down Ain't no word's gonna shut it up now You follow smiles and pretty things On to the California dream You held it down but now it's free You're holdin' it now where none can see You're holdin' it now where none can see I hung you up in my little place When 21 was on your face I carried you 'round for all to see I sang you for all who would listen to me And now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?" I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Hey, you smoke too much of what it was Oh, how a year can turn around