Cigarette smoke, slow burning companion Stuck between trains on a midnight station Shadows stretched out in the cold pale light The station feels just like home tonight Cigarette smoke, slow burning companion I'm stuck between trains on a midnight station Now there was a time when we could talk Over coffee in a furnished room Sat on a bed up close to the wall And sometimes we'd lay there And not talk at all Cigarette smoke, slow burning companion I'm stuck between trains on a midnight station Slowly things drifted into the bed Out of the bottle and into the bed And seldom we ever spoke face to face Like living alone in half as much space Cigarette smoke, slow burning companion I'm stuck between trains on a midnight station Run to the country Or hide in the town Might as well take the up line as down And no sense in fighting The turn of the tide The first train that comes is the train I will ride Cigarette smoke, slow burning companion I'm stuck between trains on a midnight station