If I suggested you jog down a motorway

A finger you would wag;

Yet you're ready to shorten life's own highway

Dying for a fag!

If I suggested you dip your hand

In a jar full of dangerous bugs

You'd get the needle - and I'd understand,

So why do it with dangerous drugs?

If I suggested daily you fill the sink

With the sort of booze that rots your guts

And drain it - wouldn't you actually think

I was nuts - no ifs or buts?!

It would be nice to think that simple sense

Would to our rescue ride,

But common sense just seems past tense

When it comes to suicide!

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