1st Place
“Smoke”
Matt Jordan
Glencoe, Missouri
Videos by American Songwriter
She scans the room with hazel eyes
Her lonely stare gets locked in mine
My hands shake, my legs start feeling weak
She’s a long leg lucky strike
When that moon is hanging high
We go running off and fire it up in my backseat
Just like that I’m addicted to
Her nicotine lips and the way she moves
I can taste destruction on her breath
She’s a habit I can’t break
I’ve tried forgetting how she tastes
But I can’t let her go when she starts breathing down my neck
(Chorus)
She feels good on my lips
I know I’ll never get enough
She’s underneath my skin
And I get caught up in her buzz
We light it up and let it burn
I pull her in real close
She loves and leaves, I live and never learn
And then she blows away like smoke
Just when I thought I could quit
She leans in for another kiss
I take a hit as she fills up my lungs
I’m a sinner, she’s my sin
Giving up’s a game that I can’t win
That woman’s gonna kill me young
She feels good on my lips
I know I’ll never get enough
She’s underneath my skin
And I get caught up in her buzz
We light it up and let it burn
I pull her in real close
She loves and leaves, I live and never learn
And then she blows away like smoke
(Bridge)
One more night won’t kill me
But it’s never just one more
I might win this battle
But she’s gonna win the war
She feels good on my lips
I know I’ll never get enough
She’s underneath my skin
And I get caught up in her buzz
We light it up and let it burn
I pull her in real close
She loves and leaves, I live and never learn
And then she blows away like smoke
