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smoke! smoke! smoke that cigarette!
puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death
tell saint peter at the golden gate
that you hate to make him wait
but you just got to have another cigarette.
Now iand'm a feller with a heart of gold,
and the ways of a gentleman, iand've been told,
the kind of guy that wouldnand't even harm a flea --
but if me and a certain character met,
the guy that invented the cigarette,
iand'd murder that sun of a gun in the first degree --
not and'cause i donand't smoke myself,
and i donand't reckon theyand'll harm your health
iand've smoked all my life and i ainand't dead yet
but nicotine slaves are all the same,
at a pettinand' party or a poker game,
everything must stop while they smoke that cigarette.
Smoke! smoke! smoke that cigarette!
puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death
tell saint peter at the golden gate
that you hate to make him wait
but you just got to have another cigarette.
In a game of chance the other night
old dame fortune was a-doinand' me right,
the kings and queens just kept on cominand' around --
i played and'em hard and bet and'em high,
but my bluff didnand't work on a certain guy,
he kept raisinand' and layinand' the money down
heand'd raise me and iand'd raise him,
i sweated blood gotta sink or swim,
he finally called and didnand't raise the bet --
i said andquot;aces full, pal,-- how and'bout you?andquot;
he said andquot;iand'll tell you in a minute or two,
right now iand've just got to have a cigarette.andquot;
Somke! smoke! smoke that cigarette!
puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death
tell saint peter at the golden gate
that you hate to make him wait
but you just got to have another cigarette.
The other night i had a date
with the cutest girl in the forty eight states
a high-bred, uptown, fancy little dame --
she said she love me and it seemed to me
that things were and'bout like they oughta be,
so hand in hand we strolled down lovers lane --
she was oh, so far from a cake of ice,
our smoochinand' party was a-goinand' nice,
so help me hannah, i think iand'd been there yet --
but i gave her a kiss and a little squeeze
and she said andquot;tex excuse me please,
iand've just got to have another cigarette.andquot;
Smoke! smoke! smoke that cigarette!
puff, puff puff and if you smoke yourself to death
tell saint peter at the golden gate
that you hate to make him wait
but you just got to have another cigarette.
