Cigarette of a Single Man

<br>(difford/tilbrook)<br><br><br><br>The cigarette of a single man<br><br>Burns in the ashtray by his bed<br><br>He pulls the ring of another can<br><br>And holds it up beside his head<br><br>The book he reads is on the floor<br><br>Hes read it several times before<br><br>What you got to go home to? <br><br><br><br>The cigarette of a single man<br><br>Sits in the ashtray on the bar<br><br>He sits and sifts through several plans<br><br>But knows alone he wont go far<br><br>He needs the love another has<br><br>To help him, if another can<br><br><br><br>The cigarette of a single man<br><br>Lays in the gutter by his side<br><br>Now hes one of those little lambs<br><br>Who strayed too far from the flock to find<br><br>Hes better off without the grief<br><br>That people wear between their teeth<br><br><br><br>And in his mouth as hes asleep<br><br>The cigarette of a single man