i know there’s a lotta talk going around today
about cigarette smoking whittling your life away
i’ve seen it and i’ve heard it so many times
that finally it just started to prey on my mind
i guess it scared me a little bit
that’s why i decided i was gonna quit
so while i was sitting here forming my battle plan
i took another puff and turned on the fan
i just sat there in my easy chair
and thought of all the money i’d wasted on cigarettes all these years
i thought how i’d spend the rest of my days
after i kick this habit my body craves
said to myself this ain’t gonna be so tough
with that little bit of assurance
i took another puff
i took a puff a puff then i ripped off another puff
i decided i’d about had about enough
that breaking this habit won’t be too tough
now i’ve give a lot of thought to this thing
if i didn’t smoke cigarettes i’d feel just like a king
besides with the price going up every day
i knew i was just throwing all my good money away
you know i ain’t lit one in an hour or so
just wanted to make sure i could quit you know
i was thinking maybe i oughta write all this down
put it in a song kinda circulate it around
can’t ever tell it might make a hit
and that redneck hall did a little bit
can you imagine me a hit songwriter
now where’s where’d i put that cigarette lighter
after all it’s a habit and a habit you can break
just a little bit of willpower son that’s all it takes
i said to myself you got to be tough
and with that little bit of wisdom
i took another puff
i took a puff and then a puff then i finally ripped off another puff
and i decided boy this ain’t gonna be tough
besides i’d just about had enough
i’m about ready to quit this rotten habit anyway
oh i think they ought to take it offa television
it looks too good ow
i like them skinny ones with the filter
oh give it to me give it to me
cigarettes i say if i quit smoking what’ll i do
maybe i’ll eat
yeah i’ll eat cigarettes
ahh i love it i love it i love it i love it i love it i love it
chester b don’t smoke he smokes logs
makes you laugh funny too
oh my throat’s scratchin’ oh
i wish i could think of something bad to say about cigarettes
boo on cigarettes don’t smoke don’t smoke don’t smoke
you quit smoking that’ll leave more for me
i love it i love it no i don’t love cigarettes ya know
don’t misunderstand me i hate cigarettes
makes ya cough and when ya don’t smoke it makes ya shake
i don’t know what’s worse the shake or the cough
i think i’ll make me a coughshake oh
son did you ever smoke
oh i remember one time i quit smoking
i quit for three months
my wife left me
so did my children
she took my house and left
it was a mobile home
Artist: Jerry Reed
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 286