Perfumed and smoky . She swears that she knows me . She's falling down drunk again . I say she's mistaken . She's visibly shaken . Emotions all drowned in gin . She said I used to be beautiful . But now it's all gone . I let my dreams slip away from me . That's where it went wrong . Go be young, go be free . Follow your heart where it leads you . Don't end up like me . The Indian in the guardhouse used to spin me yarns . Stories of canyons and Boston in winter . And losing his family's farms . He said I've outlived my three sons, they died in three wars . I laughed and I cried while they lived and they died . And I know that they deserve more . Chorus . Perfumed and smoky She swears that she knows me . I'm falling down drunk again . I say she's mistaken . She's visibly shaken . Emotions all drowned in gin . Isay I used to be powerful . But now it's all gone . I let my dreams take control of me . That's where it went wrong . Chorus