A chance to share one of my favourite songs, "Out of Season" by the Icicle Works. "She smokes cigarettes, She says it's much too late for her to stop now."
Prince 17 Days. Here I sit in this lonely room looking for my Sunshine But all I've got is 2 cigarettes and this broken heart of mine.
:::.. Modern Glam UK Rock band Placebo talks about "...cigarettes burning on their chest..." by the 'Ashtray Girl' on 'This Picture'
Rolling Stones - Down In The Hole 'Cause you'll be down in the gutter You'll be bummin' for cigarettes Bummin' for nylons In the American zone
k.d. land has an entire album called 'drag' about smoking. if this was mentioned earlier, feel free to delete, i did not read the whole thread.
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra - Smoking My Sad Cigarette Released in 1953 on Columbia. "Lord, the night is lonely When you sit with only The ghost of someone you love Looking out the window Smoking my sad cigarette"
Jeri Southern - Coffee, Cigarettes, Memories Title track of her album "Coffee, Cigarettes & Memories", released on Roulette in 1958. "Coffee, the third cup, Cigarettes, the fifth one, Memories, haunting memories, That's all I have to keep me company"
The Roulettes - The Long Cigarette Beat group from Hertfordshire, England. Their self-penned song "The Long Cigarette" was released as a single on the Parlophone label in 1965. "I'm smoking a long cigarette I'm hoping my baby will come along yet Tonight you'll be lonely why evens I'll bet Some other sucker she's met Smoking her long cigarette"
I'm way late to this smokin' party and totally shocked that this gem wasn't mentioned! Released as a single in 1952, here's Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan with "Nicotine Fits".
"The Laughing Gnome" My favorite David Bowie song! Well I gave him roasted toadstools, And a glass of dandelion wine. (burp, pardon...) Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne. Carried his bag, and gave him a fag. "Have you got a light, boy?"
Ray Phillips - Twenty Cigarettes Written by Mel Tillis. Released as a B-side (c/w "It Hurts So Much") on Boyd Records out of Oklahoma City in 1960. "Twenty cigarettes was my ruin I guess that I was too young to see Stealin' cigarettes was my wrong doin' One little pack of weeds made a jailbird out of me"
