[Intro - Female] Smoke in my hair I washed it twice it stayed anyway [Verse 1 - Female rap] Bonfire in a ring of stones behind his uncle's shed Everybody talking loud, I was listening instead to the way the wood popped like it had news to tell Smoke in my hair by the second log, I could smell the whole night attaching itself to my scalp and my coat I did not step back. I stepped closer to the throat of the fire and to him with a cup that had gone warm City perfume losing to the honest form of oak and old leaves and a jacket that already knew me Smoke in my hair is a receipt you cannot undo, see I can wash the makeup. I cannot wash the proof that I stood in his world and I wanted the roof of sparks and the cold at my back and his shoulder Smoke in my hair. November getting bolder [Pre-Chorus - Female sung] It will not rinse out I do not need it to the night can keep a little of me too [Verse 2 - Male country] She stood too close on purpose, I saw that clear Sparks going up, her laugh cutting through the beer and the cousins and the talk about the game we already played Smoke in her hair like the season had been sprayed on purpose. I pulled her back when a log rolled in She said she liked the smell. I said then stay in the circle. Stay in the smoke. Stay in the coat I have brought girls to fires. None of them wrote themselves into the night like she did without trying Smoke in her hair and the whole yard complying with a quieter kind of party once she was there I watched the fire. I watched her. I watched the air take her perfume and give her woodsmoke instead I liked the trade. I liked what the trade said [Pre-Chorus - Male sung] It will not rinse out I do not want it to the night can keep a little of you too [Chorus - Both] Smoke in my hair wood on my clothes proof I stayed when the easy night closed Smoke in my hair cold at my back your hand on my sleeve and I am not going back to a cleaner kind of evening that does not smell like this Smoke in my hair is a different kind of kiss Smoke in my hair I will wear it to bed If the morning complains it can talk to the shed where the fire went down and we did not [Verse 3 - Female rap] I used to think a scent was something I chose in a store Now I think a scent is a night you cannot ignore when it follows you home in the truck with the windows cracked Smoke in my hair all the way back to a bathroom mirror that told the truth without spin You look like you belonged somewhere you did not begin I can live with that. I can live with the ash on my collar and the way the memory will last longer than the fire. That is the point of a smell It keeps the body honest when the mouth will not tell the whole story yet. Smoke in my hair is the draft of a chapter I am not ready to write in craft I am ready to live it. That is different. That is more Leave the shampoo. Leave the night in the pores [Verse 4 - Male country] In the morning she stood at the sink and laughed at the losing fight Water running hot, smoke still winning the night I said some things are supposed to stick a day or two Smoke in your hair means the fire got through to the part of you that keeps souvenirs without asking I will not wash the jacket. I am not masking what the yard already knows. She stayed for the last log She stayed for the quiet after the talking dogs of family went inside. She stayed for me Smoke in her hair is the whole testimony [Chorus - Both, bigger] Smoke in my hair wood on my clothes proof I stayed when the easy night closed Smoke in my hair cold at my back your hand on my sleeve and I am not going back to a cleaner kind of evening that does not smell like this Smoke in my hair is a different kind of kiss Smoke in my hair I will wear it to bed If the morning complains it can talk to the shed where the fire went down and we did not [Bridge - Trade then Both] [Female] Leave the smoke [Male] Leave the spark [Female] Leave the jacket [Male] Leave the mark [Both] Smoke in my hair is the night saying stay we already did in our own quiet way [Verse 5 - Trade] [Female] Tell me you smelled it too when we hit the highway dark [Male] I smelled it. I kept it. I kept you in the spark [Female] Smoke in my hair—say it is more than a fire [Male] It is more. It is us. That is what I require [Final Chorus - Both, loudest] Smoke in my hair wood on my clothes proof I stayed when the easy night closed Smoke in my hair cold at my back your hand on my sleeve and I am not going back to a cleaner kind of evening that does not smell like this Smoke in my hair is a different kind of kiss Smoke in my hair I will wear it to bed If the morning complains it can talk to the shed where the fire went down and we did not [Outro - Both] Shampoo lost night still there smoke in my hair I do not care
