neil said it best
the needle and
the damage done
every junkie’s
like a settin’ sun

well i am a junkie
but my poison is food
i don’t inject
but i get strung out
when i crave
to taste
what i shouldn't have
and i give in
all the time

my poison is everywhere
not in dark alleys
but i eat in the dark
to feed my addiction
so no one knows
except me
how bad it really is

my poison is often in disguise
the salad
sitting on the buffet
drizzled with dressing
lots of dressing
and then i eat
way more than i should
because it looks so good
and i thought it was good
for me
but it wasn’t

no needle, but the damage is done
i am breathless, all the time
even small distances
seem like miles
the remote is my best friend
keeping me company
while i do nothing
but feed my addiction

and before i know it
i am huge
obese, unhealthy
wearing tight clothes, unhappy

it is now or never
i realize one day
because the future
i am busy planning for
seems doomed
and my husband
will grow old without me

and i cried, and cried some more
how had this happened?
what have I done?
the junkie’s like the settin’ sun
only the junkie is me

so here i am
fighting this addiction
my affliction
with everything that i have
and right now
i feel like i am winning
but make no mistake
i do not believe
the worse is behind me
because it isn’t

a junkie will fight demons
always and forever
a junkie will be tempted
a thousand times
but still i am hopeful
that at least
my days of eating
in the dark
are over

no needle, but the damage is done
at least now i am a junkie
looking at a risin’ sun