Story Behind The Song

Nostalgic song about the loneliness of a musician on the road.

Song Description

Nostalgic song about the loneliness of a musician on the road.

Lyrics

Smoke Among the Ashes

Full moon shining through the Spanish moss
Draped on cypress trees.
The smell of sweet magnolia on a misty Gulf Stream breeze.
Raindrops tapping on an old tin roof above the front porch swing
Dusty memories down a country road come rolling back to me.

I've been on the road since Christmas, another song in another town.
Now autumn leaves have started falling, that's when the memories come around.
Familiar ghosts come to haunt me, like a song I can't unlearn.
I guess there's smoke among the ashes, where the fire used to burn.

Every choice is a gamble, I close my eyes when I roll the dice.
When a gambler takes the fever, win or lose he pays the price.
I bet my life on the notion luck would hold when I drew my turn.
Now there's Smoke Among the Ashes
Where the fire used to burn.

And oh how the fire it did burn.
But it's cold in the spotlight when you're up here all alone
And there ain't no one to talk to in a lonely motel room.

I lead this life that I've chosen and wrap myself in these songs.
Cause they're the only love that's left me since the road became my home.
Every picture tells the story on every page that I turn,
About the Smoke Among the Ashes
Where the fire used to burn.

And oh how the fire it did burn.
But it's cold in the spotlight when you're up here all alone.
And there ain't no one to talk to in a lonely motel room.