Much like the narrator of In Search of Lost Time, a simple scent brings our storyteller familiar memories of the past, though the scent here is that of a clove cigarette.
[Verse 1]
Rose is smoking a clove cigarette
And it takes me back to your summer dress
And that green plastic table with those green plastic chairs
And you touch my summer skin and you toss your golden hair
[Chorus]
You take some steps forward and some steps back
And it just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
[Verse 2]
On the sidewalk, she turns her foot
And I hold the door, and she tiptoes through it
And I'm getting foggy, but I don't really care
'Cause I've no reason to be anywhere
[Chorus]
You take some steps forward and some steps back
And it just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
[Verse 3]
Is this my family, or are these my friends?
Oh, it's not a problem, I just had other plans
That green plastic table with those green plastic chairs
And you touch my summer skin and you toss your golden hair
[Chorus]
You take some steps forward and some steps back
Oh, it just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
It just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
It just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
It just doesn't matter 'cause I'm on track
Clove Cigarette was written by Andy Shauf.
Clove Cigarette was produced by Rob Schnapf & Philip Shaw Bova.
Andy Shauf released Clove Cigarette on Fri Jan 24 2020.
“Honestly, I wanted to stop writing about smoking because I feel like it’s clichéd. But then, you know, you’re standing outside of a bar and someone’s smoking a clove and you’re like, ‘Oooh, what is that cinnamony smell!’ For me, smelling a clove cigarette always takes me back to a really specific t...