"Smoke"🎩♦️⚠️🧐

[Verse 1] (00:20) The devil rolled up in a cherry-red coupe (00:23) Slick black suit and sparklin’ shoes: (00:26) 🎩"Hey, good-lookin’, how’d ya like my tricks…” (00:29) 👩"Smooth lines, mister - but that record skips…” (00:34) He’s tried every line / Mink, orchids, and pearls (00:38) Offered her everything but his soul and the world (00:40) But there’s a spine of steel / below the fascinatin’ frame (00:44) “Damn” said the devil / “Somethin’ ‘bout this dame…” [Bridge] (00:50) (Well / How-dee-doo / My dear / Say, now / Ain’t she sweet (00:57) Dancin’ right past him / on velvet feet…) [Verse 2] (01:05) Hair’s slicked onyx / Cufflinks gleam (01:07) His aura’s hotter / than a fever dream (01:11) Unleashes his gaze / of a thousand desires (01:15) She stares right back / like she started the fire [Bridge] (01:20) (Shoo-be-doo / La-di-da / Now, ain’t it a shame (01:23) Doo-be-doo / Made the devil forget his own name…) [Bridge] (01:30) 🤔How enigmatic / But on with the show (01:33) 👯‍♂️One last try… / (Go, devil, go!) (01:36) Shot that stare / like midnight flame (01:40) She smiled like a queen / who'd forgotten his name [Bridge] (01:44) (My-oh-my / Shoo-la-hoo / It’s hotter in hell (01:50) But she reminds him of heaven / before Lucifer fell…) [Verse 3] (02:02) Her speckled eyes glittered / This one was tough: (02:06)👩“Darlin' - temptation’s not the same as love…” (02:08) 🎩Ol’ shark teeth: “Got ‘til the end of time.” (02:11) 👩She tilted her head / “Well - there’s the line.” [Bridge] (02:17) (Ba-ba-ba-bella - shah-bop-dee-bop - ring-a-ding (02:23) Brother - she made the devil forget everything…) [Verse 4] (02:30) Our Prince of Darkness / Sat and brooded (02:34) She smiled at Hell / like she owned it / How’d she do it (02:39) Tossed his net of night / His finest trick, he knew it (02:43) And stood there blinking / as she walked right through it [Bridge] (02:46) The spell / It was spinning / But the record skipped (02:51) She smiled like a sphinx / Stroked his cheek / And dipped… [Verse 5] (03:02) Gee / Who’d've known / He always wins (03:07) This one’s a wild card / His favorite sin (03:14) Hotfoot’s got a flush / She threw a joker (03:17) He’s playing gin / (Ahh…) / But she’s playing poker (03:20) The devil sighed / And wryly laughed (03:25) She’s too quick / for even temptation to catch (03:29) 🎩“Everything about her’s got me dying…” (03:32) But the Prince of Darkness - can’t quit trying… [Bridge] (03:37) Where there’s smoke, there’s fire / That’s what they say of desire (03:44) But she’s got him cooked / with his own hellfire (03:51) She knew his secrets / like she wrote them... (03:55) Dodged every spell / before he spoke them… (03:59) Where there’s smoke, there’s fire / (Ahh…) (04:03) That’s what they say of desire (Mm-hmm…) Notes: A devilishly seductive cad is thrown for a loop when he encounters a mysterious gambler who’s perplexingly immune to his charm. [🃏] [Additional notes / Card games] * Gin and poker are card games. Gin rummy - usually played casually or for low stakes. Poker - usually high-risk and played for high stakes. * A “flush” in poker is five cards of the same suit (♠️/♥️/♦️/♣️). For example: | A♥️ | Q♥️ | 9♥️ | 7♥️ | 3♥️|. If playing “Jokers wild” and depending on the hand each player holds, an opposing player can utilize the Joker card (🃏) to beat a flush. * “Jokers wild” means the Joker is a wild card. A “wild card” can act as any card you choose. Idiomatically - an unpredictable person/situation where normal rules do not apply. [📍] [Additional notes / Misc.] * “Where there's smoke, there's fire...” - Idiomatic expression. Generally means if you smell smoke - the most likely source is hidden fire. Here it reflects intense attraction. Also the complexity of the female character, whose calmness also contains hidden fire. * “Got 'til the end of time…” / “Well, there’s the line…” - Her schedule is already booked - but he can get in line (wait in the queue), i.e., she sees through his insincere line about “until the end of time” and is cheerfully challenging him to prove that he's serious. [📖] [Linguistic notes] Since the character of the devil/charming cad are essentially timeless, the lyrics blend both retro and modern slang: (🎙️Retro) * “Shoo-be-doo / La-di-da” - In retro/vintage songs, phrases like “shoo-be-doo” are nonsense/scat-style syllables rather than actual words. Common in doo-wop, early rock ’n’ roll or jazz - the sounds themselves are part of the melody. * “Frame” - Figure (body). * “Dame” - Woman. * “Hotfoot,” “Prince of Darkness” - Nicknames for the Devil. * “Ain’t she sweet” is both an expression (“Isn’t she lovely/charming”) and reference to a song, “Ain’t She Sweet” (1927). * “Smooth lines” - Clever, charming words used to flirt with someone. * “That record skips” - The record player’s needle jumps when playing a vinyl record; this suggests the same record was played often, i.e., she’s heard “smooth lines” like this before. (📱Modern) * “Aura” - Someone’s coolness, confidence, overall vibe. * “Dipped” - Left a place, usually unexpectedly. * “Smoke” - Depends on context. Can mean trouble, defeat, or a challenge. * “Cooked” - Depends on context. Can mean - outplayed. Can also mean: “In trouble/lovesick.”