Cigarettes out the Window
TV Girl Lyrics

My girl Liddy used to always smoke
The singer's friend, Liddy, used to smoke cigarettes frequently.

Cigarettes when she couldn′t sleep
Liddy would smoke cigarettes when she was having trouble sleeping.

She'd disappear for an hour and a half
When Liddy would smoke cigarettes, she would be gone for a considerable amount of time.

And when she′d come back she'd brush her teeth
After smoking cigarettes, Liddy would return and brush her teeth to try to hide the smell.

But I could still smell it on her raggedy tee
The artist could still smell cigarette smoke on Liddy's clothes.

And I could taste it on her lips when we kiss
The singer could taste cigarette smoke on Liddy's lips when they would kiss.

Poor little Liddy used to always quit
Despite attempts to stop smoking, Liddy was not successful.

But she never really quits
Liddy would claim to have quit smoking, but would continue to do so in secret.

I wonder what she did when she got done
The artist is curious about what Liddy did with her cigarettes after she was finished.

I guess she′d just flick them out in the street
The artist believes that Liddy simply discarded her cigarette butts on the street.

Poor little Liddy, she wishes it was dark
Liddy would have preferred to smoke in the dark where no one could see her.

But it's never really dark in LA
The city is always illuminated even when it is supposed to be dark.

The light from the billboard always shines
The light from a nearby billboard is always shining and preventing true darkness.

But it changed twelve times since you went away
Since Liddy has been gone, the billboard has changed its message twelve times.