Cigarette man Filthy, my streetwise friend Yellow-stained fingers, barefoot until the end He will wander when he's able A dusty mind, and rusty memories of his night A stranger who would lend a match could set his face alight And he will wander when he's able He will wander when he's able Tied down underneath the firmament We'll all wander when we're able Scenes unfold and they rewrite themselves Cast of characters, they will never tell They will never tell How they made their way He swipes at his memories like flies, they swarm round his head in the blistering sun There's a hole in the sky like a gunshot wound and how the heavens will boil our blood
He will wander when he's able Cigarette man the doctor has no remedy But you have escaped, you've been blessed with this malady And he will wander when he's able We'll all wander when we're able Tied down underneath the firmament Aimless, we'll descend from heaven Nine days down to earth and nine again to hell Cast of characters, they will never tell They will never tell How they made their way Tied down underneath the firmament We'll all wander when we're able Scenes unfold and they rewrite themselves Cast of characters, they will never tell They will never tell How they made their way