Hank Thompson Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette Lyrics

Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette Lyrics

SMOKE!  SMOKE!  SMOKE!  THAT CIGARETTE

Writer Merle Travis



Now I'm a fellow with a heart of gold And the ways of a gentleman I've been
told Kind-of-a-guy that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain
character met The guy that invented that cigarette I'd murder that son-of-a gun
in the first degree It ain't cuz I don't smoke 'em myself and i don't reckon
that it'll hinder your health I smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet But
nicotine slaves are all the same at a pettin' party or a poker game Everything
gotta stop while they have a cigarette CHORUS Smoke, smoke, smoke that
cigarette Puff, puff, puff until you smoke yourself to death. Tell St. Peter at
the Golden Gate That you hate to make him wait, But you just gotta have another
cigarette. In a game of chance the other night Old dame fortune was good and
right The kings and queens they kept on comin' around Aw, I was hittin' em good
and bettin' 'em high But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy He kept callin'
and layin' his money down See, he'd raise me then I'd raise him and I'd say to
him buddy ya gotta sink or swim Finally called me but didn't raise the bet!
--Hmmph! I said Aces Full Pal -- I got you! He said, "I'll pay up in a
minute or two But right now, i just gotta have another cigarette." CHORUS
Now the other night I had a date with the cutest little gal in any state A
high-bred, uptown, fancy little dame She said she loved me and it seemd to me
That things were sorta like they oughtta be So hand in hand we strolled down
lovers lane She was a long way from a chunk of ice And our pettin' party was
goin' real nice And I got an idea I might have been there yet So I give her a
kiss and a little squeeze Then she said, Excuse me Please But I just gotta have
a cigarette." CHORUS