| 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 |