Illegal Smile Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Merete 

Cover art for Illegal Smile lyrics by John Prine

i'm not positive but i think this song is about weed. i think he's saying he'll be having the crappiest day and he can sit down with a fat blunt and smoke it all away...escape reality...i think that b/c he says it's illegal and then he compares it to killing some one and that's illegal too but sh-t weed isn't as bad as they make it sound.....those are my thoughts