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A Small Cigar (orchestrated version)
Jethro Tull
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A small cigar can change the world
I know I've done it frequently
At parties where I've won all the guests' attention
With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing
A little flattened case is all you need
Breast pocket conversation opener
And one of those ciggy lighters that look rather good
You can throw away when empty
Must be declared a great success
My small cigars all vanish within minutes
Excuse me, mein host, that I may visit a nearby tobacconist
To replenish my supply of small cigars
And make the party swing again
A small cigar can change the world, my friends
A small cigar can change the world, my friends
I know my clothes seem shabby
And don't fit this Hampstead soiree
Where unread copies of Rolling Stone
Well-thumbed Playboys decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves
If you ask me, they're on their way to upper middle class oblivion
The stupid twits, they roll their own
Lip one cigarette between them
My small cigar is redundant now
In the haze of smoking pleasure
Call it a day, get the hell away
Go down the cafe for a cup of real tea
By the tube station there's a drunk old fool
Who sells papers in the rush hour
I hand to him ten small cigars
He smiles, says "Son, God bless you"
A small cigar has changed this world, my friends
A small cigar has changed the world again
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