Jason Isbell - Cigarettes And Wine Lyrics






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

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 the town
Her alto settled me down
I started hanging around
Didn't need much to say

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
In the last of my youth

Wings on her shoulders and feet, a bar on Gethsemane Street
I took time to plan my retreat, and backed out the door
I must be attracted to those who've witnessed a man in the throes
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose, but pedal to floor

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
In the last of my youth

Lost on the dry side of town
My memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around
I came back to life
With nary a mother or dad
She showed me what I never had
The princess of leaves, she gets sad
'Cause I won't take a wife

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
In the last of my youth





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  1. g.... ....

    +1. What a voice!

  2. D.... R....

    this is way to good for the radio,keep it the way it is so the masses of assholes miss out...most folk cant even begin to appreciate music and talent this good.Let them have their goo goos and gaga's ,biebers and all that other crap pop culture says is good...we are way to cool to be pop culture correct dont you agree???

  3. D.... C....

    Has this guy picked a up a "GRAMMY" yet. If not, I think they owe him at least three!

  4. j.... ....

    man i wish you would have played this at hot august blues. i was the drunk guy screaming for it on the side

  5. F.... ....

    Oh hell yeah!