It's Only Smoke - Jane Monheit

Like a ghost that dances from the tip of a lit cigarette

I know what romance is, but it hasn’t happened yet

Watch it floating up to heaven only knows

Disappearing before you get too close

It’s only smoke

You might say a flame is burning

Only smoke

But my heart is more discerning

Only smoke…

Eyes are hypnotizing when they hold you within their embrace

Words are mesmerizing even when they’ve got nothing to say

The game is charming in an empty kind of way

What’s the harm in asking me to play?

It’s only smoke

You might say a flame is burning

Only smoke

But my heart is more discerning

I keep dreaming of a fire, but when I wake up to the cold

It’s only smoke