Cigarette Curls
by Beth Orton
From the album: The Ground Above
Track 3 of 8 on The Ground Above (2026).
Duration: 6:41
Lyrics for Cigarette Curls
There she stood, her cigarette curls A laugh that comes right out of the earth And I swear in them strawberry fields When it got real so easily Time caught up with me Eventually time came true There she stood, her cigarette curls The curve beneath the crop of her shirt And I swear in an instant Time grew distant, time moved so slow And I did what I knew I would do I did everything I told you not to I was running, I was afraid, I was afraid I was afraid All, all is lost now All goes wrong now so easily There she stands, her cigarette curls A laugh that comes right out of the dirt And I swear in an instant, time grew distant Time moves faster than the pain I always thought I'd see your face again Always thought I'd see your face again And I did what I knew I would do I did everything I told you not to I was running, I was alone, I was alone I was alone But I did what I knew I would do I did everything I said I wouldn't do I was running, I was afraid, I was afraid Yeah, I got afraid, yeah, I got afraid I was afraid