Smoke Break: lyrics
- The door shuts behind me, cutting the noise,
- Just a man and his habit, and a gravelly voice.
- I reached for a light, he was leaning there too,
- Looking like he’d walked a mile in my shoes.
- He didn't ask my business or why I looked low,
- He just watched the cars in the street start to slow.
- Then he looked at the moon, and he said with a sigh,
- "Most people are scared of a quiet goodbye."
- Take a smoke break, let the world spin away,
- Find a little truth at the end of the day.
- It only took a minute for the light to break through,
- Five minutes outside, feeling honest and new.
- Take a smoke break, let the heavy heart rest,
- Sometimes a stranger knows what’s for the best.
- Inside they’re all talking, but nobody hears,
- Chasing the ghosts of their younger years.
- But out on the sidewalk, under the rain,
- A few simple words washed away all the strain.
- He told me that living is more than the climb,
- It’s knowing just when to step out of the time.
- He finished his pack and he headed off North,
- While I stood there wondering what a moment is worth.
- Take a smoke break, let the world spin away,
- Find a little truth at the end of the day.
- It only took a minute for the light to break through,
- Five minutes outside, feeling honest and new.
- Take a smoke break, let the heavy heart rest,
- Sometimes a stranger knows what’s for the best.
- The clock in the window says it’s only been five,
- But I finally feel like I’m coming alive.
- Better than whiskey, better than beer,
- Is the sound of the truth landing perfectly clear.
- Take a smoke break, let the world spin away,
- Find a little truth at the end of the day.
- It only took a minute for the light to break through,
- Five minutes outside, feeling honest and new.
- Take a smoke break, let the heavy heart rest,
- Sometimes a stranger knows what’s for the best.