C, W &WWW

CIGARETTES, WHISKEY AND WID, WILD, WOMEN

-(Tim Spencer) Recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers 1947

ONCE I WAS HAPPY AND HAD A GOOD WIFE

I HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO LAST ME FOR LIFE

THEN I MET A GAL AND WE WENT ON SPREE

SHE TAUGHT ME SMOKING AND DRINKING WHISKEY

(chorus) CIGARETTES, WHISKEY AND WILD, WILD WOMEN

THEY'LL DRIVE YOU CRAZY, THEY'LL DRIVE YOU INSANE (X2)

CIGARETTES ARE A BLIGHT ON THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE

A MAN IS A MONKEY WITH ONE IN HIS FACE

TAKE WARNING DEAR FRIEND, TAKE WARNING DEAR BROTHER

A FIRE'S ON ONE END, A FOOL ON THE OTHER

(chorus)

AND NOW GOOD PEOPLE, I'M BROKEN WITH AGE

THE LINES ON MY FACE MAKE A WELL WRITTEN PAGE

I'M WEAVING THIS STORY - HOW SADLY, BUT TRUE

ON WOMEN AND WHISKEY AND WHAT THEY CAN DO

(chorus)

WRITE ON THE CROSS AT THE HEAD OF MY GRAVE

FOR WOMEN AND WHISKEY HERE LIES A POOR SLAVE

TAKE WARNING POOR STRANGER, TAKE WARNING DEAR FRIEND

IN WIDE, CLEAR LETTERS THIS TALE OF MY END

(chorus)