This was mentioned by Gene back on 07-Jan-00. It’s one of those “spoken” songs with guitar accompaniment, sorta like talking blues. The words are interspersed with lots of laughing, coughing, and wheezing, which I have not bothered to document. It’s available on Spotify and YouTube. My transcription.


ANOTHER PUFF
As recorded by Jerry Reed on “Ko-Ko Joe,” 1971.

I know there’s a lot o’ talk goin’ ’round today
’Bout cigarette smoke an’ whittlin’ your life away.

I’ve seen it and I’ve heard it so many times
That finally, it just started to prey on my min’.

I guess it scared me a little bit.
That’s why I decided I’s gon’ quit.

So while I’s sittin’ here formin’ my battle plan,
I took another puff and turned on the fan.

I just set there in my easy chair,
Thought of all the money I’d wasted on cigarettes all these years.

I thought how I’d spend the rest o’ my days
After I kicked this habit my body craves.

Said to myself: “This ain’t gon’ be so tough.”
With that little bit of assurance, I took another puff.

I took a puff, I puffed,
Then I ripped off another puff.

I decided I’d ’bout had enough.
Said, breakin’ this habit’s gon’ be too tough.

Now, I’d give a lot o’ thought to this thing.
If I didn’t smoke cigarettes, I’d feel just like a king.

’Sides, with the price goin’ up ever’ day
I knew I’s just throwin’ all my good money away.

You know, I ain’t lit one in an hour or so.
Just wanted to make sure I could quit, you know.

I was thinkin’ maybe I ought to write all this down,
Put it in a song, kind o’ circulate it aroun’.

Can’t ever tell, it might make a hit,
And that’d help the cause a little bit.

Can you imagine me a hit song writer?
Where’d I put that cigarette lighter?

After all, it’s a habit, and a habit you can break.
Just a little bit o’ will power, that’s all it takes.

Said to myself, “You got to be tough,”
And with that little bit o’ wisdom, I took another puff.

I took a puff, and then a puff,
And I finally ripped off another puff.

I decided, boy, this ain’t gon’ be tough.
… just about had enough.

I’m ’bout ready to quit this rotten habit anyway.
Oh, I think they ought to take it off television. It looks too good!
I like them skinny ones with the filters.
Oh, give it to me! Give it to me!
Cigarettes! I say, if I quit smokin’, what’ll I do?
Maybe I’ll eat.
Yeah, I’ll eat cigarettes!
Oh, iloveitiloveitiloveitiloveitiloveitiloveit!
[person’s name?]… don’t smoke; he smokes logs!
Makes you laugh funny, too.
Oh, my throat scratches!
Oh, I wish I could think o’ somethin’ bad to say ’bout cigarettes!
Boo on cigarettes!
Don’t smoke, don’t smoke, don’t smoke!
You quit smokin’, that’ll leave more for me!
I love it. I love it.
No, I don’t love cigarettes, you know, misunderstand:
I hate cigarettes.
Makes you cough.
When you don’t smoke, it makes you shake.
I don’t know what’s worse, the shake or the cough.
I think I’ll make me a cough shake!
Uh, did you ever smoke?
Oh, I member one time I quit smokin’.
I quit for three months.
My wife left me.
So did my children.
She took my house and left.
It was a mobile home!