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Tom Russell( Thomas George Russell )
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Chocolate Cigarette
Edith Piaf was the Little Sparrow She flew high above the Paris streets Saint of the bars and bistros Chanteuse of a tear-stained sheet She sang for the drunks and the sailor boys Who'd sunk as low as low can get I read she kicked a three-pack habit once On chocolate cigarettes
And she didn't have a smoke Though she wanted one Didn't take a drink Though it hurt her some She stared across the River Seine hummin' 'No Regrets' Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
Oh, those chocolate cigarettes I've seen 'em in my youth There beside the Hershey bars, The Almond Joys, the Baby Ruths I kicked a three-pack habit once I won a hundred dollar bet With the help of chewin' gum And
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And I didn't have a smoke Though I wanted one I didn't take a drink Though it hurt me some I thought of Little Sparrow hummin' 'No Regrets' Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
It's an Edith Piaf night tonight As I put her records on All that smoky passion In every line of every song Old love affairs and wasteful habits We'll all survive them yet Memories drown in coffee grounds And chocolate cigarettes
She didn't have a smoke Though she wanted one She didn't take a drink Though it hurt her some She stared across the River Seine hummin' 'No Regrets' Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette Pullin' on a chocolate cigarette
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