Rachel Fuller - Cigarettes & Housework lyrics

My teenage years were full of fear I spent most of them inside Sitting on the telephone Being b**hy and unkind Wandering from room to room Trying to leave my self behind Walking with my eyes closed Pretending to be blind Naked in the kitchen I was smoking in the hall Vacuuming the sofa Trying to make sense of it all Sweeping under carpet All my pain with all the dirt And the only thing that kept me sane Cigarettes and housework Cigarettes and housework Drowning all my sorrows In an effort to be free Playing my piano Writing the requiem for me Thinking I could clean up All the trouble from yesterday

Or hoping that my cigarette smoke Would carry it away Naked in the kitchen I was smoking in the hall Vacuuming the sofa Trying to make sense of it all Sweeping under carpet All my pain with all the dirt And the only thing that kept me sane Cigarettes and housework Cigarettes and housework I had come through the trauma of youth But once in a while I still find myself Naked in the kitchen Smoking in the hall Vacuuming the sofa Trying to make sense of it all Sweeping under carpet All my pain with all the dirt And the only thing that keeps me sane Cigarettes and housework Cigarettes and housework