Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk, the first song on the album, Poses (released June 5, 2001), is about decadence and desire, and has been called an “ode to subtle addictions and the way our compulsions rule our lives”.
The music video for this song shows Rufus Wainwright playing the piano and singing...
[Verse 1]
Cigarettes and chocolate milk
These are just a couple of my cravings
Everything it seems I like's a little bit stronger
A little bit thicker, a little bit harmful for me
[Verse 2]
If I should buy jellybeans
Have to eat them all in just one sitting
Everything it seems I like's a little bit sweeter
A little bit fatter, a little bit harmful for me
[Verse 3]
And then there's those other things
Which for several reasons we won't mention
Everything about 'em is a little bit stranger
A little bit harder, a little bit deadly
[Chorus]
It isn't very smart
Tends to make one part
So brokenhearted
[Verse 4]
Sitting here remembering me
Always been a shoe made for the city
Go ahead accuse me of just singing about places
Where scrappy boys faces have general run of the town
[Verse 5]
Playing with prodigal sons
Takes a lot of sentimental Valiums
Can't expect the world to be your Raggedy Andy
While running on empty, you little old doll with a frown
[Verse 6]
You got to keep in the game
Retaining mystique while facing forward
I suggest a reading of A Lesson in Tightropes
Or Surfing Your High hopes, or Adios Kansas
[Chorus]
It isn't very smart
Tends to make one part
So brokenhearted
[Bridge]
Still there's not a show on my back
Holes or a friendly intervention
I'm just a little bit heiress, a little bit Irish, a little bit
Tower of Pisa, whenever I see ya
So please be kind if I'm a mess
[Outro]
Cigarettes and chocolate milk
Cigarettes and chocolate milk
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk was written by Rufus Wainwright.
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk was produced by Pierre Marchand.
Rufus Wainwright released Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk on Tue Jun 05 2001.