Lyrics, Poetry and Prose VI
A place to share some words of beauty, inspiration, and fun. This week we feature some well-known verses about smoking cigarettes – which nowadays is no longer politically correct. Click on the name of the piece to get a video or more information. You have some favorites? Please share…
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! that cigarette
Puff! Puff! Puff!
And if you puff yourself to death,
Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate,
That you hate to make him wait,
But you got to have another cigarette.
– Smoke Smoke Smoke that Cigarette Singer: Phil Harris, Writers: Tex Williams, Merle Travis
Here we are out of cigarettes
Holding hands and yawning
Look how late it gets
Two sleepy people by dawn’s early light
And too much in love to say goodnight
– Two Sleepy People Singer: Dean Martin; Writers: Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
Two cigarettes in an ashtray
My love and I, in a small cafe
Then a stranger came along
And everything went wrong
Now there’s three cigarettes in the ashtray
– Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray Singer: Patsy Cline; Writers: Eddie Miller, W Stevenson, W S Stevenson