Cigarettes and Neon Signs Lyrics

Sat by the bar next to the rough brick walls

My piano in front of the boards is made to enthral

A haze of smoke glazed in the neon lights

I feel so alone as if I'm six foot in a dyke

I may be alone but I'm in a familiar place

My soul feels as though it is encased in

Cigarettes and Neon Signs

My highs and lows they are intertwined

I live in solitude its bittersweet

I keep hacking along with that drumbeat

My life is Cigarettes and Neon Signs oh

Amongst the air and cigarette smoke

John was a fire to be stoked

On the dance floor he was an evil force

Remembering his days down at Brandy Wharf

Oh and some say Hank has lost his skill

But guitar playin' is what pays the bills

His fuzzed-out solos still flowing forth

As if that Les Paul was a gaping beast maw

I may be alone but I'm in a familiar place

My soul feels as though it is encased in

Cigarettes and Neon Signs

My highs and lows they are intertwined

I live in solitude its bittersweet

I keep hacking along with that drumbeat

My life is Cigarettes and Neon Signs oh…

Though I sit here in solitude behind the old upright

I reflect and realise my life has been but a fortnight

I feel as though I am an inkblot on a page

And I think its unhealthy to be this much on stage

I may be alone but I'm in a familiar place

My soul feels as though it is encased in

Cigarettes and Neon Signs

My highs and lows they are intertwined

I live in solitude its bittersweet

I keep hacking along with that drumbeat

My life is Cigarettes and Neon Signs oh

As the Cigarettes and Neon Signs fade

I look at my tip jar and remember I'm underpaid