Smoker's Waltz
Somebody someday might ask me to dance
the smoker's waltz, the smoker's waltz
I'll simply tell them there's never a chance
I would dance the smoker's waltz
Your fingers turn yellow, and so do your teeth
The smoker's waltz, the smoker's waltz
Your breath turns so sour you can't taste what you eat
when you dance the smoker's waltz
Step one is trying them,
Step two is bumming them,
Step three is buying your own.
By then you might have seen
your partner is nicotine,
and nicotine never lets go!
You keep dancing and dancing and dancing and dancing...
Somebody someday might ask you to dance
the smoker's waltz, the smoker's waltz
You simply should tell them there's never a chance
That you'd dance the smoker's waltz
The one single step that you'd surely regret
In the smoker's waltz, the smoker's waltz
Is if you said yes to your first cigarette -
don't get stuck in the smoker's waltz
Step one is trying them,
Step two is bumming them,
Step three is buying your own.
By then you might have seen
your partner is nicotine,
and nicotine never lets go!
You keep dancing and dying and dancing and dying...
© 1995 Monty Harper |
About This Song
Monty wrote this song for "Project REACH - Stories, Songs, Puzzles"
in 1994.
The project was broadcast on WNYE in New York and was designed
to help kids think about cigarette and alcohol advertising aimed
at them.
This song is not currently available as a recording. More Monty Harper Songs
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