Kara Johnstad - Smoked Out Blues lyrics

Rang the bell Just to leave And the papers do say In some legal term way It's o'er As you walk out the door You look back Just a glance And you want a reply To the window-paned stare Don't ask It's the last of a long term affair And I stand Still in shock looking dumb Knowing that the answers to questions Might never come Oh why, after so many years Refrain: Smoked out Blues In the night The pain Of lover's past The lull Of Billies cries And the words That never last And I dream As I wake That you're there in her arms Falling prey to her charms Your laugh It still hangs in the air I get up For my sake 'Cause the thoughts in my head Have me wishin