Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)-Tex Williams

[ti:Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)] [ar:Tex Williams] [al:Country Classics: That's What I Like About The West] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.28]Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams [00:02.17] [00:04.14]Now I'm a fella with a heart of gold [00:05.90]The ways of a gentleman [00:06.94]I've been told [00:07.73]The kind of a fella that wouldn't even harm a flea [00:09.95] [00:11.30]But if me and a certain character met [00:13.04]That guy that invented that cigarette [00:14.93]I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree [00:17.33] [00:18.73]Well not because I don't smoke myself [00:20.85]I don't reckon they'll harm your health [00:22.58]I've smoked all my life and I'm not dead yet [00:24.78] [00:26.42]But nicotine slaves are all the same [00:28.05]At a pettin' party or a poker game [00:29.90]Everything's gonna stop while they have a cigarette [00:32.16] [00:33.87]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [00:35.93] [00:37.73]Puff Puff Puff [00:38.84]And if you smoke yourself to death [00:40.94]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [00:42.74]That you hate to make him wait [00:44.35]But you just got to have another cigarette [00:47.44] [01:03.94]Now in a game of chance the other night [01:05.60]Old Dame Fortune was doing me right [01:07.56]The kings and queens just kept on comin' round [01:10.07] [01:11.22]Then I got a phone I bet 'em high [01:13.31]But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy [01:15.09]He just kept on raisin' and layin' that money down [01:17.64] [01:19.13]Yeah he'd raise me and I'd raise him [01:20.76]I sweated blood gotta sink or swim [01:22.63]He finally called but he didn't raise the bet [01:24.93] [01:26.23]I said aces full pal [01:27.58]How 'bout you [01:28.30]He said well I-I'm gonna tell you in a minute or two [01:30.62]But right now I got to have a cigarette [01:32.45] [01:34.23]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [01:36.19] [01:38.02]Puff Puff Puff [01:39.13]And if you smoke yourself to death [01:40.98] [01:41.49]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [01:43.05]That you hates to make him wait [01:44.70]But you just gotta have another cigarette [01:47.62] [02:04.65]Now the other night I had a date [02:06.15]With the cutest little gal in the 48 states [02:08.24]A high bred up-town fancy little dame [02:10.43] [02:11.89]She said she loved me [02:12.78]And it seemed to me [02:13.77]That things were about like they oughtta be [02:15.62]So hand in hand we strolled down lover's lane [02:18.12] [02:19.29]She was oh so far from a cake of ice [02:21.30]Our smoochin' party was going nice [02:23.66]So help me Hannah I think I've been there yet [02:25.66] [02:27.23]I'd give her a kiss and a little squeeze [02:29.02]And she said "Phil would you excuse me please [02:31.19]I just got to have a cigarette " [02:33.16] [02:34.81]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [02:36.93] [02:38.72]Puff Puff Puff [02:39.87]And if you smoke yourself to death [02:42.09]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [02:43.73]That you hate to make him wait [02:45.43]But you just got to have another cigarette