“Cigarettes & Alcohol” was released as the fourth single off Definitely Maybe, October 10th, 1994. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation Stop The Clocks and in 2010 it was included in the singles collection Time Flies… 1994-2009.
This is one of the three songs that Noel Gallaghe...
[Verse 1]
Is it my imagination
Or have I finally found something worth living for?
I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
[Chorus]
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You gotta make it happen
You gotta make it happen
You gotta make it happen
You gotta make it happen
[Verse 2]
Is it worth the aggravation
To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
It's a crazy situation
But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol
[Chorus]
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You gotta make it happen!
You gotta make it happen!
You gotta make it happen!
You gotta make it happen!
[Outro]
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta make it
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta fake it
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta make it
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta fake it
Cigarettes & Alcohol was written by Noel Gallagher.
Cigarettes & Alcohol was produced by Oasis & Mark Coyle.
Oasis released Cigarettes & Alcohol on Mon Oct 10 1994.
Noel Gallagher has said the following about the song:
I’ve pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say in “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”, “Live Forever” and “Cigarettes & Alcohol”, after that I’m repeating myself but in a different way".
On the meaning of the song he has said,:
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