KILL FOR A CIGARETTE

If they make nicotine illegal

It would follow like the alphabet

That crime would grip this city

And I would kill for a cigarette.

Yes, I would kill, kill, kill, kill for a cigarette.

Tet-tet-tet.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.

BATF knows what they’d get:

I would kill for a cigarette.

I would batter and brutalize

Just to feel that smoke get in my eyes.

Yes, I would kill, kill, kill, kill for a cigarette.

Tet-tet-tet.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.

Killing for a cigarette.

And I’m not even half-lit yet.

Killing for a cigarette

To protect my mob interests.

I would kill, kill, kill, kill for a cigarette.

Tet-tet-tet.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.

They honored Robert Johnson a stamp

But airbrushed out his cigarette.

He sold his soul at the Crossroads for a cigarette.

They wouldn’t take, take, take, take my cigarette.

If I get caught with a smoking gun

You know I wouldn’t be the only one.

When I crack a pack, I’m a dancer.

My astrological sign is Cancer.

I would die, die, die, die, die for a cigarette.

Rub me out!

© Gregory Ego