Cigarettes for Breakfast
TitanChord
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
Timing is estimated — lines are spaced evenly across the track.
Cigarettes for Breakfast
By TitanChord · Dirty Electric Blues-rock
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Lyrics
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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