Smokin' in Athens

Verse 1

Smoking by the harbor rail

Wind off the Aegean feels like rain

Oud string wailing low and slow

Violin trembles in the afterglow

Pre-Chorus

Every spiral of the smoke

Carries words I never spoke

Chorus

Smokin', smokin' in the Athens dark

Watching the acropolis glow and fade

Smokin', smokin' till I feel my heart

All the things I loved slipped away

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Verse 2

Bouzouki moans a memory

Belly of the night still dancing in me

Ashes on the marble floor

Echoes of a door I can't ignore

Pre-Chorus

Every ember turning gray

Burns the letters I can't say

Chorus

Smokin', smokin' in the Athens dark

Watching the acropolis glow and fade

Smokin', smokin' till I feel my heart

All the things I loved slipped away

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Bridge

Old moon hanging over Omonia

My reflection in the taverna wine

Her name carved in every column

But the smoke won't let me find

Chorus

Smokin', smokin' in the Athens dark

Watching the acropolis glow and fade

Smokin', smokin' till I feel my heart

All the things I loved slipped away

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh