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One Cigarette
Contemporary Folk
One Cigarette was released on June 14, 2024 by Orange Feather Records as a part of the album Expectations of a Lifetime
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Release DateJune 14, 2024
LabelOrange Feather Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Esther Swift
Esther Swift
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Esther Swift
Esther Swift
Composer
Edwin Morgan
Edwin Morgan
Songwriter

Lyrics

No smoke without you, my fire.
After you left,
your cigarette glowed on in my ashtray
and sent up a long thread of such quiet grey
I smiled to wonder who would believe its signal
of so much love. One cigarette
in the non-smoker’s tray.
As the last spire
trembles up, a sudden draught
blows it winding into my face.
Is it smell, is it taste?
You are here again, and I am drunk on your tobacco lips.
Out with the light.
Let the smoke lie back in the dark.
Till I hear the very ash
sigh down among the flowers of brass
I’ll breathe, and long past midnight, your last kiss.
Written by: Edwin Morgan, Esther Swift
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