(Spoken)
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women.
You should look out for them well, my friends.
Believe me! I know what I'm talking about. Hear what happened to me.
(Sung)
I was so happy, I had a wife
My saved up money was good enough for us two
Then a wild women came in the way
She taught me to smoke and drink whiskey
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you
(Spoken)
Yes, that's how it started and this is what happened.
(Sung)
Now my hands tramble so that the whiskey is spilled out
My face has wrinkles and I'm out of money
Never throw yourself into this destruction
It tastes so good, but you'll lose your farthings
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you
(Spoken)
As you might hear, it has gone downhill, my friends.
But I would finally like to ask you a favour.
(Sung)
Carve these words into my tombstone:
"Here rests a slave of whiskey and women"
Beware, stranger, beware, my friend
So we won't have to read on your tombstone
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women
It makes you go crazy, it destroys you