The Last Cigarette Lyrics - Singles - Ed Harcourt

Found his memoirs in an old junk shop 

Dated from 1916 

Sentenced to death while still shell-shocked 

For deserting the infantry 

Blindfold on and one step back 

No need to get upset 

Don't be hasty with the trigger boys 

Let him smoke his one last cigarette 

Down in the hospital on the 9th ward 

An old man scratches his head 

Reaching into his bedside drawer 

He waits 'til the nurse is downstairs 

'I'm nearly cured I've been so brave 

And there's no need to fret 

I'm gonna really quit this time 

Let me smoke my one last cigarette' 

Straight as a corkscrew 

As bright as the night 

Blind to the horror 

Blind to the very horror of this sorry life 

The awkward girl with a broken heart 

Smashes her mirror until it fractures 

Leaning down she picks up a shard 

And ponders to question her actions 

A selfish act, she's full aware 

But the best one she's done yet 

With tired eyes and steady hands 

She'll smoke her one last cigarette