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Old Roses And Cigarettes Tab

by Ray Lamontagne



                                  
Plastered in your loose paper palace
                            
dishes and the back door slams
                                         
the dog's on your floor they don't roam anymore 
                                  - 
and the river has gone deaf at the dam

                                    
The dust falls like rain on your doorsteps
                              
chokes you when you lift your rake
                                          
aint no wine so sweet as the taste of your mouth
                                   - 
but your love aint the kind you can keep


            
Old roses and cigarettes
                   
pillowcase that remembers you
                                   
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
                      
till i think i might go insane
                             /
when will i see you again?


                               
I've seen how you look at the stranger
                                 
I've seen how you wait when he's gone
                                          
I told you I thought there was sin in your heart
                               - 
could you honestly tell me I'm wrong?


            
Old roses and cigarettes
                   
pillowcase that remembers you
                                   
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
                      
till i think i might go insane
                             /
when will i see you again?


                                      
He tells you that he needs you, he's a liar
                                 
he tells you he's a hero, he's a fool
                                               
he tells you he'll stay till the lord's breaking day
                             -
and baby he aint nothing but cruel

            
Old roses and cigarettes
                   
pillowcase that remembers you
                                   
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
                      
till i think i might go insane
                             ..... 
when will i see you again?


                                          
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