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
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 pa**ion
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