Cigarette
Ben Folds Five * Track #8 On Whatever and Ever Amen
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Cigarette by Ben Folds Five
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Ben Folds FiveProduced by
Caleb Southern & Ben FoldsWrited by
Ben FoldsAbout
“Cigarette” is a very brief vignette into the life of an everyday man named Fred Jones, as he struggles to deal with his wife’s illness. Fred Jones would later be revisited by Ben Folds in “Fred Jones, Pt. 2 on his Rockin' the Suburbs solo album.
The song is allegedly based on a newspaper article “...
Cigarette Lyrics
Fred Jones was worn out from caring for his often screaming and crying wife during the day but he couldn't sleep at night for fear that she, in a stupor from the drugs that didn't ease the pain, would set the house ablaze with a cigarette
Cigarette Q&A
Who wrote Cigarette's ?
Cigarette was written by Ben Folds.
Who produced Cigarette's ?
Cigarette was produced by Caleb Southern & Ben Folds.
When did Ben Folds Five release Cigarette?
Ben Folds Five released Cigarette on Tue Mar 18 1997.
What did Ben Folds Five say about "Cigarette"?
That song was word for word from a newspaper, the first line of a piece about a divorce. A guy was trying to get a marriage nullified immediately because his wife had a developing brain disease and was becoming a different person. He was like, ‘I didn’t marry that person.’ So it caught my attention...