Will It All End in Smoke?
[Verse]
- To be near her I'm here each day,
- And all my cash I pay,
- For cigarettes, although they make my poor head ache,
- But that's a sacrifice I make only for her sake,
- I hate to smoke, But still I try,
- And worship at her shrine,
- Kind fortune say will she decline or yet be mine?
- Oh tell me
- tell me
- tell me
- pray.
[Refrain]
- Dame Nicotine,
- Pray intervene,
- For an unfortunate lover,
- What do these smoke rings mean?
- Lightly above me they hover,
- Are they a sign shes to be mine?
- Or is my love but a joke?
- Will it all end in smoke?
- Will it all end in smoke?
- She'll be here soon,
- Now what shall I say to her?
[Verse]
- (Very bold.) I'll Say "Good-day!" In gaunty way,
- I'll smile, I'll joke, Be gay,
- I'll take her hand and look quite boldly in her eyes,
- And say "I love you with a love that the world defies,"
- Oh no, I won't, When she's in sight,
- I grow quite cold with fright,
- My nerves and courage always seem to leave me quite.
- To tell her
- tell her
- tell her
- all.
[Refrain]
- Dame Nicotine,
- Pray intervene,
- For an unfortunate lover,
- What do these smoke rings mean?
- Lightly above me they hover,
- Are they a sign shes to be mine?
- Or is my love but a joke?
- Will it all end in smoke?
- Will it all end in smoke.
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