Fred Eaglesmith

Cigarette Machine

Fred Eaglesmith


Tom: G

G
Stumbling past your house baby
D
At the break of day
  Am
I thought I saw your silhouette
C
Dancing cross the shade
      G
And I went down to the mission
  D
I called and called your name
        Am
Till an angel with a face like yours
C
Came down and let me in

[Chorus]
            G                        D
I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
     Am                         C
In a bottle in the gutter, in a window on a street
     G                              D
In a storefront in a picture, on an old broken TV
  Am               C
I swear it was you staring back at me

[Verse 2]
G                        D
I heard soldiers' voices by the city gate
           Am
There were junkies lying on the ground
     C
They made me look away
      G
And I spilled you on a mirror
      D
And I chopped you into lines
    Am
And over some old kitchen sink
  C
I swore I'd let you die

[Chorus]
            G                        D
I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
     Am                         C
In a bottle in the gutter, in a window on a street
     G                              D
In a storefront in a picture, on an old broken TV
  Am               C
I swear it was you staring back at me

[Verse 3]
G
Old radios and broken mirrors
D
Dogeared things I read
Am
Worn out movie stars
   C
In faded limousines
  G
I battled through my own charades
   D
Of Coffee cups and clowns
Am
I can't keep up with parades
C
I keep falling down

[Chorus]
            G                        D
I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
     Am                         C
In a bottle in the gutter, in a window on a street
     G                              D
In a storefront in a picture, on an old broken TV
  Am               C
I swear it was you staring back at me
     G                              D
In a storefront in a picture, on an old broken TV
  Am               C
I swear it was you staring back at me