Cigarettes and Ghosts

I saw her shadow in the smoke

She said nothing, my silence broke

Third street trembled under my shoes

Every step hummed the Chicago blues

Cigarettes and ghosts I toast the night

Every flame another fight

Her voice still lingers in the rain

I light another to kill the pain

Empty bottle, no goodbyes

Streetlight flickers, city lies

I ain't holy, I ain't clean

Just a man chasing what might have been