Perfumed and smoky
She swears that she knows me
She's falling down drunk again

I say she's mistaken
She's visibly shaken
Emotions all drowned in gin

She said I used to be beautiful
But now it's all gone
I let my dreams slip away from me

That's where it went wrong
Go be young, go be free
Follow your heart where it leads you

Don't end up like me
The Indian in the guardhouse used to spin me yarns
Stories of canyons and Boston in winter

And losing his family's farms
He said I've outlived my three sons, they died in three wars
I laughed and I cried while they lived and they died

And I know that they deserve more

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Perfumed and smoky
I'm falling down drunk again
I say she's mistaken

She's visibly shaken
Emotions all drowned in gin
I say I used to be powerful

But now it's all gone
I let my dreams take control of me
That's where it went wrong


[Chorus]