Lyric

I found a key in a sugar bowl

Under a spoon with a crooked soul

The house stood still on a hill of tin

And the dark came sweet through the chimney in

Your mama’s clock had a grin like sin

Tick-tock, baby, let the trouble in

I saw a ribbon of black and gold

Curl up slow where the winter’s told

Oh, what a sight

In the moon-kissed night

Something rich was climbing

Something wasn’t right

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Ooh, it’s calling me

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Sweet and mean and free

Chocolate smoke

It’s a spell on the breeze

Chocolate smoke

Honey-dread with a tease

There was a cat in a blue tuxedo

Sitting by the stove like he knew the show

He winked at me with a velvet eye

Said, “Girl, that cloud ain’t come from pie”

I tipped my hat to the staircase grin

Every step said, “Come on in”

The walls were draped in licorice lace

And the mirror wore a powdered face

Oh, what a game

In a spark-lit frame

A little fear

With a sugar flame

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Ooh, it’s calling me

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Sweet and mean and free

Chocolate smoke

It’s a spell on the breeze

Chocolate smoke

Honey-dread with a tease

The old bell rang like a spoon on glass

I laughed at the shadow as I let it pass

If I get burned, well, that’s my style

I like my danger dressed in smile

So puff by puff, let the story spin

I’ll dance with the dark that’s living in

That sweet black thread in the autumn air

Got a little bit wicked, got a little bit fair

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Ooh, it’s calling me

Chocolate smoke in the chimney

Sweet and mean and free

Chocolate smoke

It’s a spell on the breeze

Chocolate smoke

Honey-dread with a tease