Roses & Cigarettes

Plastered in your newspaper palace

Dishes and the backdoor slams

The dogs on your floor

They don't roam anymore

And the river's gone deaf at the dam

The dust falls like rain on your doorsteps

Chokes you when you lift your rake

You know wine so sweet as the taste of your mouth

Your love ain't the kind you can keep

Oh roses and cigarettes

A pillow case that remembers you

The scent of you still lingers on my fingertips

Till I think I might go insane

I've seen how you look at the stranger

I see how you wait when she's gone

I told you I thought that there was sin in your heart

Could you honestly tell me I'm wrong?

Oh roses and cigarettes

A pillowcase that remembers you

The scent of you still lingers on my fingertips

Till I think I might go insane

When will I see you again

She tells you that she needs you, she's a liar

She tells you she's a hero, she's a fool

She tells you she'll stay till the lord's breaking day

Then baby she ain't nothing but cruel

Oh roses and cigarettes

Pillowcase that remembers you

The scent of you still lingers on my fingertips

Till I think I might go insane

When will I see you again

When will I see you again

When will I see you again

When will I see you again

When will I see you again