I wanna make you tell me what I've come to understand
You're a certain kind of woman I'm a different kind of man
I've tried to make you love me You've tried to find a spark
Of a flame that burned somehow turned to the smoke rings in the dark
The loneliness within me takes a heavy toll
Cause it burns as slow as whiskey through an empty aching soul
And the night is like a dagger long and cold and sharp
As I sit here on the front steps blowing smoke rings in the dark
I-I-I I know I must be going cause love-ove-ove's already gone-one
All I'm taking with me are the pieces of my heart
And all I'll leave are smoke rings in the dark
The rain falls where it wants to The wind blows where it will
Every-thing on earth goes somewhere but I swear I'm standing still
So I'm not gonna wake you I'll go easy on your heart
I'll just touch your face and drift away like smoke rings in the dark
I-I-I I know I must be going cause love-ove-ove's already gone-one
All I'm taking with me are the pieces of my heart
And all I'll leave are smoke rings in the dark