Cigarettes and Wine

I saw her in Roosevelt Springs
 Where time doesn't touch anything
 She never did say she could sing
 But I figured it so
 I needed some company then
 Not sisters or children or men
 That's a hell of a spot to be in
 But she put me in tow
 Money and liquor and lust
 Taken my heart and my trust
 I could see ashes and dust
 Headed my way
 She tended bar in the town
 Her alto settled me down
 So I started hanging around
 Didn't need much to say
 She smelled like cigarettes and wine
 She kept me happy all the time
 I know that ain't much of a line
 But it's the God's own truth
 She lives down inside of me still
 Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
 She left me alone with these pills
 In the last of my youth
 Wings on her shoulders and feet
 A bar on Gethsemane Street
 I took time to plan my retreat
 And backed out the door
 Must be attracted to those
 Who've witnessed a man in the throes
 Life that ain't grindstone to nose
 Pedal to floor
 She smelled like cigarettes and wine
 She kept me happy all the time
 I know that ain't much of a line
 But it's the God's own truth
 She lives down inside of me still
 Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
 She left me alone with these pills
 In the last of my youth
 Lost on the dry side of town
 My memories slowing me down
 She shook me and I came around
 Came back to life
 Nary a mother or dad
 She showed me what I never had
 Princess of leaves, she got sad
 'Cause I won't take a wife
 She smelled like cigarettes and wine
 She kept me happy all the time
 I know that ain't much of a line
 But it's the God's own truth
 She lives down inside of me still
 Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
 She left me alone with these pills
 In my smoldering youth
 She left me alone with these pills
 In the last of my youth