Cigarettes and Wine

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
Taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes and dust
Headed my way

She tended bar in the town
Her alto settled me down
So I started hanging around
Didn't need much to say

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 God's 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

Must be attracted to those
Who've witnessed a man in the throes
Life that ain't grindstone to nose
Pedal to floor

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 God's 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
Came back to life

Nary a mother or dad
She showed me what I never had
Princess of leaves, she got sad
'Cause I won't take a wife

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 God's own truth

She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
In my smoldering youth

She left me alone with these pills
In the last of my youth