Blue Smoke and Scat

[Intro]
[Verse]
The window is wet
With a soft regret
The streetlights shine
Like a cheap red wine
I'm tucked in the back
Where the shadows are black
Waiting for the sound
Of the world going 'round
[Verse]
You leaned across the wood
Like I knew you would
The smoke began to rise
In your tired eyes
You hummed a little line
That felt just like mine
A secret in the air
A breath of a prayer
[Chorus]
Blue smoke and a sigh
As the cars go by
You left a little trace
Of a lonely place
Shoo-be-doo-ba-dee
Sing it back to me
Just a ghost in the booth
With a bitter truth
[Post-Chorus]
Shoo-be-doo-ba-dee
Set the memory free
Shoo-be-doo-ba-dee
Stay here with me
[Verse]
The filter has a stain
From the silver rain
Half-smoked and very cold
A story left untold
I hear the flugelhorn
Like a heart that's torn
Playing out the beat
Of the empty street
[Bridge]
The flugelhorn is crying
Like a love that's dying
The brushes hit the snare
But you aren't there
The bass begins to walk
While the spirits talk
I'm drinking down the ghost
That I loved the most
[Solo]
[Hook]
One more cigarette
One more deep regret
One more melody
Setting me free
[Chorus]
Blue smoke and a sigh
As the cars go by
You left a little trace
Of a lonely place
Shoo-be-doo-ba-dee
Sing it back to me
Just a ghost in the booth
With a bitter truth
[Breakdown]
Soft piano keys
Floating on the breeze
Nothing left to hold
In the damp and cold
[Chorus]
Blue smoke and a sigh
As the cars go by
You left a little trace
Of a lonely place
Shoo-be-doo-ba-dee
Sing it back to me
Just a ghost in the booth
With a bitter truth
[Outro]