Dave Van Ronk - Talking Cancer Blues lyrics

I was sitting in the back yard s**ing on a Good Humor Along comes a Doc, says my wife has a tumor And it was malignant Now the AMA and the medical highers They don't agree with Liggette & Meyers They say smoking is bad for you Hell of a cough, too Well, there is cancer of the liver; there is cancer of the lung Cancer of the lip, the throat, the tongue There's 17 malignant tumors in one filter tip king size Now light up Well, a cigarette was needed that was relatively clean They come out with filters, low tar & nicotine All that research gone to waste No harmful ingredient, no cigarette taste Well, the companies panicked, they had to find an answer They increased the tobacco strain and everybody's getting cancer Look what I got free with these cigarette coupons A chest X-ray Well, the hashish interest in Mexico Has found a way to redouble their dough Let's all get the habit, marijuana's here to stay So if you want a treat and you don't mind the treatment Smoke pot! It's the thinking man's cigarette