I'm not the same as I used to be   All the things you've heard seem hard to believe   Haven't always been good, never really been bad   Most times I've been happy, yea sometimes I've been sad   Sure I've made mistakes, haven't we all   I've been loose as a cannon and dumb as a wall   Haven't always been sober in counting my ducks   And if I look back now I've had my share of luck      But the change didn't come over night   I've been searching for you all my life   All the habits that I couldn't handle   I've swept them under the rug   In exchange for the sweetest addiction   You, my elusive drug      I'm going to stay now, I really like it here   I may paint your picture, and I might grow a beard   There were times I was crazy couldn't handle my life   Don't think you'd have liked me not at any old price      But the change didn't come over night   I've been searching for you all my life   All the habits that I couldn't handle   I've swept them under the rug   In exchange for the sweetest addiction   You, my elusive drug      And I've taken the pills   I got burnt out and chilled by the cold   But I've no regrets and that being said   You know cheap thrills can get pretty old      Yeah, Yeah, oh Yeah      But the change didn't come over night   I've been searching for you all my life   All the habits that I couldn't handle   I've swept them under the rug   In exchange for the sweetest addiction   You, my elusive drug      In exchange for the sweetest addiction   You, my elusive drug