Tom Russell - Chocolate Cigarette lyrics

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