Chainsmoking Love Affair Born in Kentucky, I was born in Kentucky a bottle of whiskey in my hand and Ma she sent me out to another land. Daddy he left us when I was 2 I got a picture of him yeah, yeah though I was I was headed for El Paso in my truck I knew that I'd be 'lone and someone he flagged me, he sat down beside me and rode on and rode on and rode You're a chainsmoking love affair burn one heart to light another kissing you is like licking an old ashtray Tennessee is cold, let me tell you friend Tennessee you can be so very cold I'm lost in a bar and I'm drinking like the world is over my life, my life ain't nothin like the day I was born in the heart of my love Got a truck started driving I took my old lady she and I hang out above like I've been and I rode Her and I rode it above and she took me in her hand the life I've seen it's gone way down like a dove in the wind.