An unnamed guest mentioned this on 11-Nov-07:


CHOCOLATE CIGARETTES
As recorded by Tom Russell (with Barrence Whitfield) on “Hillbilly Voodoo,” 2015.

Edith Piaf was the little sparrow; she flew high above the Paris streets,
Saint of the bars and bistros, chanteuse of the tear-stained sheets.
She sang for drunks and sailors who sunk as low as low could get.
I read she kicked a three-pack habit once with chocolate cigarettes.

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,
Pullin’ on a chocolate cigarette.

Oh, those chocolate cigarettes! I’ve seen ‘em in my youth,
Right beside the Hershey bars, the Almond Joys and Baby Ruths.
I kicked a two-pack habit once; I won a hundred-dollar bet
With the help of chewing gum and chocolate cigarettes.

I didn’t have a smoke, though I wanted one,
Didn’t take a drink, though it hurt me some.
I followed a little sparrow, hummin’ “No Regrets,”
Pullin on a chocolate cigarette,
Yeah, pullin on a chocolate cigarette.

It’s an Edith Piaf night tonight as I put her records on.
All that smoky passion, in every life of every song!
Broken hearts and wasteful habits, we’ll all survive them yet,
Old passions drowned in coffee grounds and chocolate cigarettes.

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.
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 yeah, pullin’ on a chocolate cigarette.