Well I won`t make you tell me
What I`ve come to understand
You`re a certain kind of woman

I`m a different kind of man
I`ve tried to make you love me
You`ve tried to find the spark
Of the flame that burned

but somehow turned
To smoke rings in the dark
Ooooh
The loneliness within me

Takes a heavy toll
`Cause it burns
as slow as whiskey
Through an empty aching soul

And the night is like a dagger
Long and cold and sharp
As I sit here on the front steps
Blowin` smoke rings in the dark

I know I must be goin`
`Cause love`s already gone
And all I`m takin` with me
Are the pieces of my heart

And all I`ll leave are
smoke rings in the dark



The rain falls where it wants to
The wind blows where it will
Everything on earth
goes somewhere

But I swear we`re standing still
So I`m not gonna wake you
I`ll go easy on your heart
I`ll just touch your face

and drift away
Like smoke rings in the dark
I know I must be goin`
`Cause love`s already gone

And all I`m takin` with me
Are the pieces of my heart
And all I`ll leave are
smoke rings in the dark

Oooooh
Oooooh