Black smoke in my lungs and in my eyes
Black smoke in my feelings
Black smoke that I leave behind,
I told myself I was greedy for it,
I went down to the river,
In black smoke, black smoke
Blood and smoke, blood and smoke
Blood and smoke, blood and smoke
Got flirtin' with that janglin'
Checkin' out my reflection
went through the cogs of a giant mill I was
Greedy for it, I was greedy for it
I went down to the river,
In black smoke, black smoke
On the aprons and midwire
In the streets and the chambers
The way we, the way we people
I told myself I was ready for it,
Hey, I know I can see my feelings now
I can see the outline of my
In the streets, in the jams,
Wearing eagles out of flight
In the midnight hour wild
Life got so hard, so slow
It was so easy to catch me
There's still so nothing that was to be