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Paul McDermott – Shivers Lyrics 15 years ago
The song and the lyrics are all about heroin. It's nothng to do with a guy pining for or missing a girl. The give away is in the 'my baby's so vain' line. Do you get it? Vain/vein?

The reference to the shivers down my spine is an allusion to the rush that smack gives you.

And in this stanza;

I keep her photograph against my heart
For, in my life, she plays the starring part
A love could hold off cigarettes
There is no room for cheap regrets

The third line is "all alcohol and cigarettes"

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