Cigarettes for Breakfast

Sun's an inconvenience. Get out my way.

Verse 1 Three a.m. is when the work gets done You can't trust a man who sleeps with the sun I write the rent on the back of a napkin Cash the dreams that the daylight can't fashion Diner waitress knows the way I take it Two creams, no sugar, please don't shake it Eggs on the side that I won't touch My breakfast smokes, my lunch don't lunch

Chorus Cigarettes for breakfast Coffee for the soul Whiskey for the in-between And the road for what it stole

Verse 2 Mother said I'd find a normal day Father said you can't — and he didn't stay So I built a clock that runs backwards proud Wake up at midnight, sing it out loud Every job I ever had was wrong The hours never matched the song Now I'm my own boss and the only crew And the night pays cash for the things I do

Chorus Cigarettes for breakfast Coffee for the soul Whiskey for the in-between And the road for what it stole

Bridge Don't tell me how a body should rest The body knows what the body knows best Mine's been keeping time to a different drum Since the day the long night came Cigarettes for breakfast Coffee for the soul Whiskey for the in-between And the road for what it stole

Outro For what it stole

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