NO SMOKE BLUES
Leonard Feather

as rec by Sarah Vaughan  1944


Empty cartons at the drugstore, brother that ain't no joke!
Empty cartons at the drugstore, brother that ain't no joke!
I've got a Porter rock but I'd trade it for a kingsize smoke!

I've got men, I've got liquor, got everything else I need,
I've got men, I've got liquor, got everything else I need,
But if you hand me twenty Lucky, that'll be your day's good deed!

I've searched in every ashtray, even picked butts off the floor!
I've searched in every ashtray, even picked butts off the floor!
Last night I tried to smoke a pipe, but I ain't gonna do that no more!

If someone don't help me soon, I believe I'm gonna lose my mind!

If someone don't help me soon, I believe I'm gonna lose my mind!
This mess is drivin' me to reefers, 'cause they ain't half as hard to find!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)