Talking Cancer Blues-Dave Van Ronk

[ti:Talking Cancer Blues] [ar:Dave Van Ronk] [al:Inside Dave Van Ronk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Talking Cancer Blues - Dave Van Ronk [00:13.07]I was sitting in the back yard sucking on a Good Humor [00:16.47]Along comes a Doc says my wife has a tumor [00:19.74]And it was malignant [00:20.77] [00:25.57]Now the AMA and the medical highers [00:27.89]They don't agree with Liggette Meyers [00:29.86]They say smoking is bad for you [00:31.82]He will give you cancer [00:32.83] [00:35.37]There will a cough too [00:36.86] [00:40.13]Well there's cancer of liver; there's cancer of lung [00:42.51]Cancer of lip throat the tongue [00:44.46]There's 17 malignant tumors in one filter tip king size [00:48.29]Wait up [00:49.44] [00:53.65]Well a cigarette was needed that was relatively clean [00:55.75]They come out with filters low tar and nicotine [00:58.39]Pretty lot on sells too [01:00.08] [01:00.59]All that research gone to waste [01:02.91]No harmful ingredient no cigarette taste [01:05.86] [01:08.02]Well the companies panicked they had to find an answer [01:11.21]They increased the tobacco strain and everybody's getting cancer [01:14.02] [01:14.95]Look what I got free with these cigarette coupons [01:17.61]A chest X-ray [01:19.36] [01:22.13]Well the hashish interest in Mexico [01:24.24]Has found a way to redouble their dough [01:26.01]They got a way as no tart so they say [01:28.88]Let's all get the habit marijuana's here to stay [01:33.07]So if you want a treat and you don't mind the treatment [01:37.28]Smoke pot It's the thinking man's cigarette