Seven Minutes Back
Rick Amburgey

He used to laugh as he
Lit up another cigarette
Each one takes seven minutes
Off your life some study said

But how he loved to smoke
So it seemed like a small sacrifice
Since those seven minutes
Would come at the end of his life

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He doesn’t have many regrets
Of things he’s done in the past
But lately he’s been missing
Fondly kinda wishin that
He could get those seven minutes back


Now, his doctor’s talking cancer
Needing to run some more tests
Finding it hard to catch his breath
Wondering what happens next

And tears well up in his eyes
Every time his mind lets him think
About the possibility
He might not meet his first grandchild

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Bridge:
A pack cost him over two hours
And a carton’s almost a day
Realizing that every minute’s precious
When it's a little too late

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