The Smidge - The Hold Steady

We used to lie to each other about using computers

When we couldn’t get a hit we used to cruise to Vancouver

We used to lie to people when we’d show up at parties

We used to pretend that we’d never met

Then you’d send a signal with your cigarette

At first it felt like heaven

Then it felt like just like the hole

Let’s roll, let’s roll around

Now when we lie to each other we do it through computers

And now we never go dancing 'cause we’re not really moving

She’s got a bandolero belt filled with kamikaze shooters

She touches every table in a total eclipse

It costs an awful lot for just a little bit

At first it felt like faith

Then it felt just lke the void

Now we’re stranded on the south side

She was sick of waiting on your boys

So let’s roll, let’s roll around

Let’s go, lets go back uptown

And you can ask me not to do it but you can’t contain the kids

We were living for the city, now we’re living for the smidge

We used to want it all, now we just want a little bit

Living, living, living, living, living for the smidge

Angel, I didn’t say goodbye

But I’m already gone

Living, living, living, living, living for the smidge

You can ask me not to do it but you can’t control the kids

Living, living, living, living, living for the smidge

We used to want it all, now we just want a little bit

Let’s roll, let’s roll around

Let’s go, let’s go back uptown

Oh, come on, send me up a signal

Something to show me you’re all right

Make the sign of the cross with your cigarette

Come on and smudge a little smoke up in the night