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A small cigar can change the world |
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I know, i've done it frequently at parties |
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Where i've won all the guests' attention |
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With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing |
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A little flat tin case is all you need |
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Breast-pocket conversation opener |
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And one of those ciggie lighters that look rather good |
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You can throw away when empty |
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Must be declared a great success |
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My small cigars all vanish within minutes |
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Excuse me, mine host, that i may visit |
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A nearby tobacconist |
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To replenish my supply of small cigars |
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And make the party swing again |
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I know my clothes seem shabby |
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And don't fit this hampstead soiree |
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Where unread copies of rolling stone |
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Well-thumbed playboys |
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Decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves |
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If you ask me they're on their way |
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To upper-middle-class oblivion |
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The stupid twits, they roll their only |
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One cigarette between them |
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My small cigar's redundant now |
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In the haze of smoking pleasure |
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Call it a day |
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Get the hell away |
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Go down the cafe |
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For a cup of real tea |
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By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool |
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Who sells papers in the rush hour |
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I hand to him ten small cigars |
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He smiles, says, ``son, god bless you'' |
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A small cigar |
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Has changed his world, my friend |
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A small cigar |
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Has changed the world again |
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A small cigar . . . |