"Cigarettes & Whiskey" lyrics - JACK ELLIOTT & DERROLL ADAMS

JACK ELLIOTT & DERROLL ADAMS
"Cigarettes & Whiskey"

Once I was happy, I had a good wife
I had enough money to last me for life
Then I met with a woman, we went on a spree
She taught me to drink and smoke whiskey

Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
Drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane
Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
Drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane

Cigarettes is a blot on the whole human race
A man is a monkey with one in his face
So gather 'round friends, and listen dear brother
There's a fire on one end a fool on the t'other

Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane
Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane

You got any advice on the subject, brother Derroll?
Yes, indeed

Now listen dear neighbors, now listen dear friends
These are the words that they'll write at your end
Now these are the words they will write at your grave
"For women and whiskey, here lies a poor slave"

Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane
Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane