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And I know you're not asleep
I can feel you moving over there
You've been playing with the seam
In your worn out underwear
And my lips are raw as hell
From biting on them just to stay awake
It's not like I'm gonna need them
You won't be around
To see them bleed and break
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead
And I drove out of East Atlanta
With a headache the size of my car
Mhm, I called to say that I was okay
Anyway 'cause I know how you are
You know I'm like a movie without an ending
You know I've got nowhere to go
And it makes me want to throw up
To see you wanna give up
More than you'll ever know
Yeah
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead, yeah
Everything's supposed to have a happy ending
But the record keeps spinning and the needle keeps bending
Like the road I'm driving to the bridge that has no end
I want to take back everything that I've broken
But the bridges behind me are burning and smoking
I guess this is the end (I guess this is the end)
I guess this is the end
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I can feel you moving over there
You've been playing with the seam
In your worn out underwear
And my lips are raw as hell
From biting on them just to stay awake
It's not like I'm gonna need them
You won't be around
To see them bleed and break
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead
And I drove out of East Atlanta
With a headache the size of my car
Mhm, I called to say that I was okay
Anyway 'cause I know how you are
You know I'm like a movie without an ending
You know I've got nowhere to go
And it makes me want to throw up
To see you wanna give up
More than you'll ever know
Yeah
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead, yeah
Everything's supposed to have a happy ending
But the record keeps spinning and the needle keeps bending
Like the road I'm driving to the bridge that has no end
I want to take back everything that I've broken
But the bridges behind me are burning and smoking
I guess this is the end (I guess this is the end)
I guess this is the end
All, all that I do
Comes back to you
So I'll just think about you till there's nothing new in my head
All, all I can do
Is try not to screw this up again
And just be friends
I'd rather be dead
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Cigarette Lighter Love Song Lyrics as written by David Bowie Bradley Walker
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It's about Marvelous 3 breaking up, but written as a metaphor for a relationship. Butch explains it on his solo live record This Is Me...Justified and Stripped.
The first line of the chorus "All that I do..." is pretty much a direct rip of the first line of of the chorus in "All The Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople.
Par example:
All that I do/comes back to you vs. All the young dudes/carry the news
I mean...come on!
Anyway I'm sure it was Butch's way of paying tribute to his glam rock forefathers, but I can't help but think about it every time I hear "Cigarette".