Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)-Tex Williams

[ti:Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)] [ar:Various Artists] [al:100 Western Swing Hits, Part 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams [00:04.10]Now I'm a fella with a heart of gold [00:05.80]The ways of a gentleman [00:06.94]I've been told [00:07.72]The kind of a guy that wouldn't even harm a flea [00:10.12] [00:11.41]But if me and a certain character met [00:13.17]That guy that invented that cigarette [00:14.98]I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree [00:17.66] [00:18.74]Well not because I don't smoke myself [00:20.61]I don't reckon they'll harm your health [00:22.53]I've smoked all my life and I'm not dead yet [00:24.99] [00:26.13]But nicotine slaves are all the same [00:28.08]At a pettin' party or a poker game [00:29.88]Everything's must stop while they smoke a cigarette [00:32.46] [00:33.69]Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette [00:36.22] [00:37.54]Puff puff puff [00:38.88]And if you smoke yourself to death [00:41.26]Tell saint peter at the golden gate [00:42.78]That you hate to make him wait [00:44.47]But you got to have another cigarette [00:47.71] [01:03.91]Now in a game of chance the other night [01:05.65]Old dame fortune was doing me right [01:07.79]The Kings and Queens just kept on coming round [01:10.25] [01:11.65]I played 'em hard and I bet 'em high [01:13.34]But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy [01:15.26]He kept on raisin' and layin' that money down [01:17.47] [01:19.15]Yeah he'd raise me and I'd raise him [01:20.78]I sweated blood gotta sink or swim [01:22.61]He finally called but he didn't raise the bet [01:25.03] [01:26.33]I said aces full pal [01:27.33]How 'bout you [01:28.33]He said well I I'm gonna tell you in a minute or two [01:30.44]But right now I got to have a cigarette [01:32.71] [01:34.18]Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette [01:36.52] [01:37.87]Puff puff puff [01:39.17]And if you smoke yourself to death [01:40.68] [01:41.52]Tell saint peter at the golden gate [01:43.27]That you hates to make him wait [01:44.96]But you gotta have another cigarette [01:48.24] [02:04.63]Now the other night I had a date [02:06.10]With the cutest little gal in the 48 states [02:08.19]A high bred up-town fancy little dame [02:10.56] [02:11.90]She said she loved me [02:12.98]And it seemed to me [02:13.96]That things were about like they oughtta be [02:15.73]So hand in hand we strolled down lover's lane [02:18.36] [02:19.34]She was oh so far from a cake of ice [02:21.48]Our smoochin' party was going nice [02:23.52]So help me hannah I think I'd've been there yet [02:26.00] [02:27.18]But I'd give her a kiss and a little squeeze [02:29.15]And she said excuse me please [02:30.90]But I got to have a cigarette [02:33.66] [02:34.94]Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette [02:37.18] [02:38.44]Puff puff puff [02:39.83]And if you puff yourself to death [02:42.20]Tell saint peter at the golden gate [02:44.02]That you hate to make him wait [02:45.99]But you got to have another cigarette