It's Only Smoke Lyrics - Home - Jane Monheit

Like a ghost that dances from the tip of a lit cigarette 

I know what romance is, but it hasn't happened yet 

Watch it floating up to heaven only knows 

Disappearing before you get too close 

It's only smoke 

You might say a flame is burning 

Only smoke 

But my heart is more discerning 

Only smoke... 

Eyes are hypnotizing when they hold you within their embrace 

Words are mesmerizing even when they've got nothing to say 

The game is charming in an empty kind of way 

What's the harm in asking me to play? 

It's only smoke 

You might say a flame is burning 

Only smoke 

But my heart is more discerning 

I keep dreaming of a fire, but when I wake up to the cold 

It's only smoke