Cigarettes and Wine lyrics

[Verse 1]
I saw her in Roosevelt Springs, where time doesn't touch anything
She never did say she could sing, but I figured it was so
I needed some company then, and not sisters, or children, or men
That's a hell of a spot to be in, but she put me in tow

[Verse 2]
Money and liquor and lust had taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes and dust were headed my way
She tended bar in town, her alto settled me down
So I started hanging around, didn't need much to say

[Chorus]
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
And she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
And the last of my youth

[Verse 3]
Wings on her shoulders and feet, a bar on Gethsemane Street
I took time to plan my retreat, and backed out the door
Must be attracted to those who've witnessed a man in the throes
Life that ain't grindstone to nose, but pedal to floor
[Chorus]
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
She kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
And the last of my youth

[Verse 4]
Lost on the dry side of town with my memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around, came back to life
With nary a mother or dad, she showed me what I never had
The princess of leaves, she got sad 'cause I won't take a wife

[Chorus]
And she smelled like cigarettes and wine
She kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
And my smoldering youth
[Refrain]
She left me alone with these pills
And the last of my youth