lyrics: not against my own – you can’t smoke in here

cd: Not Against My Own

track 13: You Can’t Smoke In Here

While sitting in a house of ale
One evening that has just gone by
To fill me pipe or roll one up
I’d very soon have to decide
I reached for my tobacco pouch
Before me on the table lay
Proprietor came o’er to me
These shocking words did sayPut your pipe and your cigarette down
You can’t smoke in here
You might drink till you’re blind drunk
But the air will still be clear
(I told him)
Smoke and drink’ve gone hand in hand
For several hundred years
(Don’t tell me)
Put your pipe and your cigarette down
You can’ smoke in here
You can’t smoke in here

Now I live so far away
I come to visit when I can
I call home Amerikay
But I still love old Ireland
Last time I was rovin’ round
I saw the signs were posted now
Disgracin’ pubs in Dublin town
I predict a row

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What goes next from Pubs I fear
Could be flirtin’, could be dance
Music, whisky, not my Beer!!!
Telling tales or games of chance
Before the rules of taverns change
They should heed the patron’s voice
But as he leads me out the door
I don’t have a choice

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My concern if truth be told
There could be an unseen horror
Deaths from smoking in the cold
Outside the alehouse door
Woolen socks, long underwear
To have a smoke and pint or two
I’m rebelling as of now
Can I count on you?

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