I'll be your Marlboro Man

Name: I'll be your Marlboro Man
Uploaded: 2024-08-20T15:15:38+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Kaleb Sanders
Description: The piece is a spoken‑word/lyric excerpt in which the speaker personifies a cigarette, offering itself to the listener as a companion for moments of…

20 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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The piece is a spoken‑word/lyric excerpt in which the speaker personifies a cigarette, offering itself to the listener as a companion for moments of loneliness, stress, and nostalgia. It outlines a chain of dependencies—smoking, drinking, and dwelling on the past—suggesting that the cigarette is called upon when other vices fail. The speaker acknowledges the listener’s self‑image as a “cowboy killer” (a nod to the Marlboro Man archetype) and predicts the cigarette will eventually be discarded like a used filter. The overall tone is melancholic yet defiant, using the Marlboro Man motif to explore themes of addiction, escapism, and the fleeting comfort found in harmful habits.

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I'll let you use me till you use me up. 'Cause you only call me when you're smokin', only smoke when you're drinkin', only drink when you're stuck in the past. The only way to ease the lonesome when you're broken hard as Jonesin' is to light me up and take a drag. Yeah, even though I know you're just a cowboy killer and you're gonna throw me out with the filter. If you needin' somethin' wrapped around your finger, Burnin' in your hands. Call me when you're smokin' and I'll be your Marlboro Man. I'll be your Marlboro Man.