Chrome & Cigar Smoke
funk, Hybrid funk big-band swing meets alt-metal: walking upright bass locking with crisp ride-and-rim drums, baritone and tenor sax hits doubling detuned guitar chugs, male vocals flipping between sly croon and grit-tinged growl. Chorus lifts into shouted gang vocals framed by blazing brass; bridge drops to snaps, bass, and a close-mic spoken baritone before a full-ensemble slam back into the last hook., male vocals, swing, vocal, metal, jazz, low
Chrome & Cigar Smoke
funk, Hybrid funk big-band swing meets alt-metal: walking upright bass locking with crisp ride-and-rim drums, baritone and tenor sax hits doubling detuned guitar chugs, male vocals flipping between sly croon and grit-tinged growl. Chorus lifts into shouted gang vocals framed by blazing brass; bridge drops to snaps, bass, and a close-mic spoken baritone before a full-ensemble slam back into the last hook., male vocals, swing, vocal, metal, jazz, low
Lyrics
Verse 1
Ash on the velvet
Boot print burned in the rug
Pinstripe halo of trouble
Gold tooth catching the buzz
Red lips stainin’ the highball
Cheap cologne in my throat
You slide a card down the table
Name carved into the oak
Chorus
Chrome and cigar smoke
We’re dealin’ in dirty halos
Stacked chips
Black jokes
You kiss me like a loaded halo (hey!)
Chrome and cigar smoke
Spin that wheel ‘til the floorboards choke
Big grin
Cold throat
I’m laughin’ like I never broke
Verse 2
You say
“Baby
Pick your poison”
I say
“Pour it ‘til it sings”
Your laugh crawls up my spine slow
Like a crown of bent tin rings
Strobe-light flicker on leather
Backroom
Backslide
Bad news
Every sin got a schedule
And tonight it’s me and you
Chorus
Chrome and cigar smoke
We’re dealin’ in dirty halos
Stacked chips
Black jokes
You kiss me like a loaded halo (oh yeah)
Chrome and cigar smoke
Spin that wheel ‘til the floorboards choke
Big grin
Cold throat
I’m laughin’ like I never broke
Bridge
Beat drops to snaps and upright bass
Low lights
Low lies
You say my full name
Like a prayer in disguise
Every promise here
Got a price tag
Kid
I already spent you
Before you knew what I did
Full-band hit back in
Chorus
Chrome and cigar smoke
We’re dealin’ in dirty halos
Stacked chips
Black jokes
You kiss me like a loaded halo (hey!)
Chrome and cigar smoke
Spin that wheel ‘til the floorboards choke
Last hand
Dead broke
We’re dancin’ while the tables fold
Outro
Chrome and cigar smoke
One more drag
Then we’re gone in the glow