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No Tobacco

from Klezmer Mongrels by Geoff Berner

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I'm from the warm, wet, west coast of Canada
Where growing conditions are ideal
For a certain kind of plant you know
With a certain kind of way to feel.

If they ever enforced the law out here
The business men would dress in rags
Cause it's our number one industry
And when exports fail, the capital sags.

We're so proud that B.C. Weed
Relaxes you with just one hit.
That is why you don't need
Anything to mix with it
To give it a kick
That extra kick

So please don't put tobacco in it,
Please don't put tobacco in it,
It makes me cough,
It makes me cough.

Take a look at those Turkish girls
They dance on the floor, they bump and sway.
You can see how a once-great empire might
Fall down in to sweet decay.
Sweet decay, sweet decay,
The Sultan smokes his cares away.
Sweet decay, sweet decay,
“We'll mend those wall another day

But please don't put tobacco in it,
Please don't put tobacco in it,
It makes me cough,
It makes me cough.

So after the show if you've got something on you,
You would like to share with me,
Now that you have heard my song you
Surely must be fair with me.

If it's brown, we can smoke it on a pin,
Or ruin the knives, like when we were kids,
But if it's weak and it needs some help,
Frankly I'd rather just not bother.

Please don't put tobacco in it,
Please don't put tobacco in it,
It makes me cough,
It makes me cough.

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from Klezmer Mongrels, released January 25, 2009
Words and music by: Geoff Berner

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Geoff Berner Vancouver, British Columbia

Singer / songwriter / accordionist / novelist Geoff Berner's music combines klezmer, punk, political satire and Balkan dance rhythms. He writes sharp, literate songs that make you want to weep, laugh, grind your teeth, or kick out a window - often all at the same time. Having built a cult following with his weirdly compelling stage presence, G.B. has a strange ability to create fun chaos. ... more

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