C'mon, folks, don't get hung up on the "pot vs. LSD" thing, 'cause that's not the point. Consider that this song was released in 1971 and put it in the context of the times.
Also, consider the Wikipedia article that sez...
"... In the same essay, Prine explains that... the album opener "Illegal Smile" was "not about smokin’ dope. It was more about how, ever since I was a child, I had this view of the world where I can find myself smiling at stuff nobody else was smiling at. But it was such a good anthem for dope smokers that I didn’t want to stop every time I played it and make a disclaimer..."
C'mon, folks, don't get hung up on the "pot vs. LSD" thing, 'cause that's not the point. Consider that this song was released in 1971 and put it in the context of the times.
Also, consider the Wikipedia article that sez...
"... In the same essay, Prine explains that... the album opener "Illegal Smile" was "not about smokin’ dope. It was more about how, ever since I was a child, I had this view of the world where I can find myself smiling at stuff nobody else was smiling at. But it was such a good anthem for dope smokers that I didn’t want to stop every time I played it and make a disclaimer..."