marlboro man

i remember thinking the marlboro man could be the man of my dreams

his dirty boots strung all across my living room

a real life hero should come and rescue me

from a tin roof in a one horse town where i couldn't tell if anything else existed

i was trapped and he got out of every scrap that he got into

and i was over here missing it

you wouldn't believe all the things i told

i told myself

it seemed like the only way to cope

but it never really helped

and all these bars are full of strangers lives

like they came right out of a song

and i've let a few put their boots beneath my bed

i never let em' stay there long

just when nights are kinda cold and i don't know that i can handle feeling like that again

so i reach for the comfort of someone so unfamiliar across my skin

you wouldn't believe all the things i did to myself

just searching for something i couldn't resist

it never really helped

show me a tall dark stranger and i

i show you a liar

hand me the world on a string and i

i'll set it on fire

you wouldn't believe all the things i saw behind those curtains

you wouldn't believe all the things i drank to keep it from hurting

you wouldn't believe all the hearts i left broken and scattered

you wouldn't believe the price you'll pay for happy ever after

you wouldn't believe all the things i told myself

i saw myself

i showed myself

mmm. i just remember thinking the marlboro man could be the man of my dreams