I'd rather stink like a cigarette than smell your skin lingering on mine. I prefer the nicotine rush to the surge in my blood when your lips touch mine. I'd rather hear the click of my lighter than the hiss and explosion of the Fourth of July An ashen glow of smokey tobacco lights my way And I'd rather put trust in this fading fire than put my trust in the pounding of my chest and the sparklers in my eyes Because there's always one more pack at yet another corner store But, my love, there's only one of you and you're fading so fast And without my addiction, how can I last?