Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Edith Piaf was the Little Sparrow
She flew high above the Paris streets
Saint of the bars and bistros
Chanteuse of a tear-stained sheet
She sang for the drunks and the sailor boys
Who'd sunk as low as low can get
I read she kicked a three-pack habit once
On chocolate cigarettes
And she didn't have a smoke
Though she wanted one
Didn't take a drink
Though it hurt her some
She stared across the
River Seine hummin'
"No Regrets" Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
Oh, those chocolate cigarettes I've seen 'em in my youth
There beside the Hershey bars,
The Almond Joys, the Baby Ruths
I kicked a three-pack habit once I won a hundred dollar bet
With the help of chewin' gum
And
And I didn't have a smoke
Though I wanted one I didn't take a drink
Though it hurt me some I thought of
Little Sparrow hummin'
"No Regrets" Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
It's an Edith Piaf night tonight
As I put her records on
All that smoky passion
In every line of every song
Old love affairs and wasteful habits
We'll all survive them yet
Memories drown in coffee grounds
And chocolate cigarettes
She didn't have a smoke
Though she wanted one
She didn't take a drink
Though it hurt her some
She stared across the River Seine hummin'
"No Regrets"
Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
She flew high above the Paris streets
Saint of the bars and bistros
Chanteuse of a tear-stained sheet
She sang for the drunks and the sailor boys
Who'd sunk as low as low can get
I read she kicked a three-pack habit once
On chocolate cigarettes
And she didn't have a smoke
Though she wanted one
Didn't take a drink
Though it hurt her some
She stared across the
River Seine hummin'
"No Regrets" Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
Oh, those chocolate cigarettes I've seen 'em in my youth
There beside the Hershey bars,
The Almond Joys, the Baby Ruths
I kicked a three-pack habit once I won a hundred dollar bet
With the help of chewin' gum
And
And I didn't have a smoke
Though I wanted one I didn't take a drink
Though it hurt me some I thought of
Little Sparrow hummin'
"No Regrets" Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
It's an Edith Piaf night tonight
As I put her records on
All that smoky passion
In every line of every song
Old love affairs and wasteful habits
We'll all survive them yet
Memories drown in coffee grounds
And chocolate cigarettes
She didn't have a smoke
Though she wanted one
She didn't take a drink
Though it hurt her some
She stared across the River Seine hummin'
"No Regrets"
Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
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Chocolate Cigarettes Lyrics as written by Tom Russell Sylvia Tyson
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