[ti:Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)] [ar:Tex Williams] [al:Country Classics: That's What I Like About The West] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams [00:03.76]Now I'm a fella with a heart of gold [00:05.52]The ways of a gentleman [00:06.56]I've been told [00:07.35]The kind of a fella that wouldn't even harm a flea [00:09.57] [00:10.92]But if me and a certain character met [00:12.66]That guy that invented that cigarette [00:14.55]I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree [00:16.95] [00:18.35]Well not because I don't smoke myself [00:20.47]I don't reckon they'll harm your health [00:22.20]I've smoked all my life and I'm not dead yet [00:24.40] [00:26.04]But nicotine slaves are all the same [00:27.67]At a pettin' party or a poker game [00:29.52]Everything's gonna stop while they have a cigarette [00:31.78] [00:33.49]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [00:35.55] [00:37.35]Puff Puff Puff [00:38.46]And if you smoke yourself to death [00:40.56]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [00:42.36]That you hate to make him wait [00:43.97]But you just got to have another cigarette [00:47.06] [01:03.56]Now in a game of chance the other night [01:05.22]Old Dame Fortune was doing me right [01:07.18]The kings and queens just kept on comin' round [01:09.69] [01:10.84]Then I got a phone I bet 'em high [01:12.93]But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy [01:14.71]He just kept on raisin' and layin' that money down [01:17.26] [01:18.75]Yeah he'd raise me and I'd raise him [01:20.38]I sweated blood gotta sink or swim [01:22.25]He finally called but he didn't raise the bet [01:24.55] [01:25.85]I said aces full pal [01:27.20]How 'bout you [01:27.92]He said well I-I'm gonna tell you in a minute or two [01:30.24]But right now I got to have a cigarette [01:32.07] [01:33.85]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [01:35.81] [01:37.64]Puff Puff Puff [01:38.75]And if you smoke yourself to death [01:40.60] [01:41.11]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [01:42.67]That you hates to make him wait [01:44.32]But you just gotta have another cigarette [01:47.24] [02:04.27]Now the other night I had a date [02:05.77]With the cutest little gal in the 48 states [02:07.86]A high bred up-town fancy little dame [02:10.05] [02:11.51]She said she loved me [02:12.40]And it seemed to me [02:13.39]That things were about like they oughtta be [02:15.24]So hand in hand we strolled down lover's lane [02:17.74] [02:18.91]She was oh so far from a cake of ice [02:20.92]Our smoochin' party was going nice [02:23.28]So help me Hannah I think I've been there yet [02:25.28] [02:26.85]I'd give her a kiss and a little squeeze [02:28.64]And she said"Phil would you excuse me please [02:30.81]I just got to have a cigarette" [02:32.78] [02:34.43]Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette [02:36.55] [02:38.34]Puff Puff Puff [02:39.49]And if you smoke yourself to death [02:41.71]Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate [02:43.35]That you hate to make him wait [02:45.05]But you just got to have another cigarette