Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Song about Cigarette addiction from 1947
Posted by Ken C on June 27, 2025, 5:10 am
Written in 1947. This is mainly about Cigarette addiction, and not about the health effects.
I was a competitive swimmer for 7 years in high school and college. So I hung out with healthy athletic people and I didn't even have any smoker friends.
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette Written by Merle Travis and Tex Williams Now I'm a feller with a heart of gold And the ways of a gentleman I've been told The kind of guy that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain character met The guy that invented the cigarette I'd murder that son-of-a-gun in the first degree
It ain't cuz I don't smoke myself And I don't reckon that it'll harm your health Smoked all my life and I ain't dead yet
But nicotine slaves are all the same At a pettin' party or a poker game Everything gotta stop while they have a cigarette
Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette Puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate That you hate to make him wait But you just gotta have another cigarette
Now in a game of chance the other night Old Dame Fortune was a-doin' me right The kings and the queens just kept on comin' round
And I got a full and I bet 'em high But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy He just kept on raisin' and layin' that money down
Now he'd raise me and I'd raise him I sweated blood, gotta sink or swim He finally called and didn't even raise the bet
So I said "aces full Pops how 'bout you?" He said "I'll tell you in a minute or two But right now, I gotta have me a cigarette"
Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette Puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate That you hates to make him wait But you just gotta have another cigarette
(Ah, smoke it! Hah! Yes! Yes! Yes!)
The other night I had a date With the cutest little girl in the United States A high-bred, uptown, fancy little dame
She loved me and it seemed to me That things were 'bout like they oughta be So hand in hand we strolled down lover's lane
She was oh so far from a cake of ice And our smoochin' party was goin' nice So help me cats I believe I'd be there yet
But I give her a kiss and a little squeeze And she said, "ah, Marty, excuse me please I just gotta have me another, cigarette"
And she said, smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette Puff, puff, puff and if you smoke yourself to death Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate That you hate to make him wait But you just gotta have another cigarette
I smoked a pack a day from age 15 to 30. Then I quit cold turkey.
How? Tossed out all astrays. Bought a monster bag of unshelled peanuts. Smoking is not only a nicotine addiction. It’s an oral hand to mouth addictive habit. I enjoyed every puff. Shelling peanuts replaced both addictions. And twas not long before the ‘spell’ was broken. I do still suck my thumb.
Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Song about cocaine, addiction - 1983
The song, warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug smuggling.
I tried cocaine only once.
Athletes rejected, governors corrected Gangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respected The money gets divided, the women get excited Now I'm broke and it's no joke It's hard as hell to fight it, don't buy it!
Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner With no shoes and clothes This ain't funny, but he took his money And sniffed it up his nose
Acid too. Pot. Speed. Such a disappointment, all of them. If one is already naturally high, then one does not require a booster. Once for each, no more. I live in a sea of Mexican pot growers. And I’ve stopped drinking except for a Campari over ice. Too many people refuse to confront their demons and want to be numb, or falsely happy. Nowadays virtually everyone is in love with a virtual reality. Sad. And bad news for a cohesive society.
