I know you

You’re the shallow breath that climbs out of my lips

And holds me through

Like a firebreak dams a flame

Then I saw you

On a 5th street bar where stetsons filled the room

And I called you

I watched you through the glass

There is a part of you that always knows

I didn’t see the shot, but you know I heard the echo

I wish that part of me could let you go

Can’t help myself

When I start craving

Cigarette

Cigarette

Taste in my mouth

Taste in my mouth

Cigarette

Cigarette

Ain’t coming out

Ain’t coming out

I can’t quit, even when it makes me sick

I breathe in and carry you home

Cause nothing sticks like cigarette smoke

My friends say

You look like hell, got nothing on your face

Cause I’m chasing

The ghost of my disease

Who will I be

When I get to the end of the question

The ghost becomes me

Or I finally get clean

There is a part of you that always knows

I didn’t see the shot, but you know I heard the echo

I wish that part of me could let you go

I can’t help myself

When I start craving

Cigarette

Cigarette

Taste in my mouth

Taste in my mouth

Cigarette

Cigarette

Ain’t coming out

Ain’t coming out

I can’t quit, even when it makes me sick

I breathe in and carry you home

Cause nothing sticks like cigarette smoke

One day I’ll wake up in the morning

And I’ll want you then

But I won’t need you on my lips

To feel normal again

One day I’ll wake up in the morning

And I’ll want you then

But I won’t need you on my lips

To feel normal again

I’ll run the other way

When I start craving

Cigarette

Cigarette

Taste in my mouth

Taste in my mouth

Cigarette

Cigarette

Ain’t coming out

Ain’t coming out

I can’t quit, even when it makes me sick

I breathe in and carry you home

Cause nothing sticks like cigarette smoke