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When you are in the moon With your thoughts at a standstill I would like to be a brunette Like a gypsy woman To slip between your fingers And then to burn To consume myself for you To be nothing but smoke When you are absent-minded And stuck in your thoughts I want to be a brunette Like a gypsy woman To slip between your fingers And then burn up To burn out for you Even if I become nothing but smoke When you are in this world Where your dreams lead you I would like to be a blonde Like an American girl To be sweet and wise or sugary To take you away on my cloud of smoke When you are guided by dreams And are in another world I want to be a blonde Like an American girl To be gentle, obedient, and sweet To take you away on a cloud of smoke Love is like a cigarette It burns and goes to your head When you can no longer do without it It all goes up in smoke Love is like a cigarette It burns and goes to your head By the time you can't let it go anymore Everything disappears into smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes, it makes you cry And it flies away in smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes and makes you cry And then it disappears into smoke I can be French, in a blue dress English, if you wish Or be mint-flavored In a golden ring Don't think I'm lying Everything is just smoke I can be a French girl, wearing a blue dress I can be an English girl if you want I can be mint-flavored Or a golden ring Don't think I'm lying Everything is like smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes, it makes you cry And it flies away in smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes and makes you cry And then it disappears into smoke We make a big fuss When love comes or goes We are the cigarettes That he rolls when he feels like it (when he feels like it) And I become smoke To intoxicate you with me Blonde or brunette Brunette or blonde I will be it for you When love comes or goes People make a big fuss We are just like Cigarettes rolled on a whim And I become smoke To intoxicate you with myself Whether blonde or brunette Whether brunette or blonde I will be that for you Love is like a cigarette It burns and goes to your head When you can no longer do without it It all goes up in smoke Love is like a cigarette It burns and goes to your head By the time you can't stop anymore Everything disappears into smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes, it makes you cry And it flies away in smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes and makes you cry And then it disappears into smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes, it makes you cry And it flies away in smoke Love is like a cigarette It flares up like a match It stings the eyes and makes you cry And then it disappears into smoke This song compares love to a "cigarette." Lighting a cigarette corresponds to love beginning, the cigarette burning corresponds to becoming passionate, the smoke rising to one's head corresponds to being obsessed with love, becoming dependent on the cigarette corresponds to being unable to let go of the partner, and the cigarette smoke corresponds to love disappearing
