The Last Cigarette
Ed Harcourt"The Last Cigarette" is a song by Ed Harcourt, released in 2006 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:16 long and contains 34 lines and 209 words.
0:18Found his memoirs in an old junk shop
0:22Dated from 1916
0:25Sentenced to death while still shell-shocked
0:28For deserting the infantry
0:31Blindfold on and one step back
0:35No need to get upset
0:38Don't be hasty with the trigger boys
0:42Let him smoke his one last cigarette
1:04Down in the hospital on the 9th ward
1:07An old man scratches his head
1:10Reaches into his bedside drawer
1:14Waits 'til the nurse is downstairs
1:17I'm nearly cured I've been so brave
1:21There's no need to fret
1:24I'm gonna really quit this time
1:28Let me smoke my one last cigarette
1:45Straight as a corkscrew
1:49As bright as the night
1:52Blind to the horror
1:54Blind to the very horror of this sorry life
2:16The awkward girl with a broken heart
2:20Smashes her mirror until it fracture
2:23Leaning down she picks up a shard
2:26And ponders to question her actions
2:30A selfish act she's full aware
2:33But the best one she's done yet
2:37With tired eyes and steady hands
2:40She'll smoke her one last cigarette
2:53Straight as a corkscrew
2:56As bright as the night
3:00Blind to the horror
3:03Blind to the very horror of this sorry life
3:09Blind to the very horror of this sorry life
3:16Blind to the very horror of this sorry life
Found his memoirs in an old junk shop Dated from 1916 Sentenced to death while still shell-shocked For deserting the infantry Blindfold on and one step back No need to get upset Don't be hasty with the trigger boys Let him smoke his one last cigarette Down in the hospital on the 9th ward An old man scratches his head Reaches into his bedside drawer Waits 'til the nurse is downstairs I'm nearly cured I've been so brave There's no need to fret I'm gonna really quit this time Let me smoke my one last cigarette Straight as a corkscrew As bright as the night Blind to the horror Blind to the very horror of this sorry life The awkward girl with a broken heart Smashes her mirror until it fracture Leaning down she picks up a shard And ponders to question her actions A selfish act she's full aware But the best one she's done yet With tired eyes and steady hands She'll smoke her one last cigarette Straight as a corkscrew As bright as the night Blind to the horror Blind to the very horror of this sorry life Blind to the very horror of this sorry life Blind to the very horror of this sorry life
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