• Song:

    Smoke And Ashes

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    Live Performances: 1988...

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I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk
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About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
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About the sea of tears too wide to cross
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But a little bad press has never scared me off
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So I burned a path to figure out
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How to get me some of what you got 

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I've got a red hot heart
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If the talk is true yours is the same
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And we should be together
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And let our passions fan love's flame 

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When I looked for you I almost passed you by
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You were so cool and calm
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I thought my friends had lied
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But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
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It was there and then that I knew 
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I had to get some of what you got 

Asus2
I've got a red hot heart
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If the talk is true yours is the same
Asus2
And we should be together
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And let our passions fan love's flame 

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I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand //
 in mine // 
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I thought it was true love the way we complemented //
... each other
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But my right is your wrong
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And when you're right then I'm left // 
...with nothing
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Your light and your heat have all been spent...
Leaving only smoke and ashes

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Only smoke and ashes baby 

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I've got a red hot heart
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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
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I say there's fire down below
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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby 

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I'm crying all the time
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Salty stinging tears
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And mourning for the past carbon–dated years
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But knowing now for certain that you were always right
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Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
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It's only smoke and ashes baby
                         Asus2       E
Only smoke and ashes baby 
Asus2
I've got a red hot heart
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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins 
Asus2
I say there's fire down below
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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby 

Am7
I was blinded by devotion
Em7
My unwavering love for you
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So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
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But now I know for certain since you've gone away
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It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
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Only smoke and ashes baby ....

Asus2
I've got a red hot heart
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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins 
Asus2
I say there's fire down below
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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby
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Only smoke and ashes baby, baby   
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