Smoke and Ashes - 2015 Remaster Songtext
von Tracy Chapman

I heard rumors, I′d heard talk
About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
But a little bad press has never scared me off
So I burned a path to figure out
How to get me some of what you got

I′ve got a red hot heart
If the talk is true yours is the same
We should be together
Let our passions fan love's flame
Oh, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm
I thought my friends had lied but I
Thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew
I had to get some of what you got


I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true yours is the same
We should be together
And let our passions fan love′s flame
Oh, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

I thought I′d won your heart when I held you hand in mine
I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other
My right is your left when you're right then I′m left with nothing
Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes
Only smoke and ashes, baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart′s as blue as the blood in your veins
I say, "There's fire down below"
You say, "It′s only smoke and ashes, baby"

I'm crying all the time, salty stinging tears
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
But knowing now for certain that you were always right
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
It's only smoke and ashes, baby
Only smoke and ashes, baby


I′ve got a red hot heart
And your heart′s as blue as the blood in your veins
I say, "There's fire down below"
You say, "It′s only smoke and ashes, baby"

I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
But now I know for certain since you've gone away
It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes, baby

I′ve got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as
The blood in your veins (your heart′s as blue)
I say, "There's fire down below"
You say, "It's only smoke and ashes, baby" (only)
Only smoke and ashes, baby

Ooh, baby, ooh, baby
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby
Mm, baby, mm, baby
Mm, baby, mm, baby
Mm, baby