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Cigarettes Lyrics by X-Ray Spex

Conscious Consumer

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[Verse 1]
Packet of cigarettes on the counter
Carrying a government health warning
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax

[Chorus 1]
Why not take paper currency and light it up?
A lower tar content and a quicker puff
Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax
You could keep the money, you could keep the tax

[Verse 2]
Fields wasted growing tobacco
Could be used to feed the third world countries
This is the Age of Hypocrisy
Everybody's saying "Vote for me! Vote for me!"

[Chorus 2]
Blind leaders leading the blind
The cheaters and the cheated will you always find
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax

[Post-Chorus]
The tax
The tax
The tax

[Outro]
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack
The biggest serial killer is a heart attack
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer
The biggest serial killer
The biggest serial killer
The biggest serial killer
The biggest serial killer is a heart attack
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X-Ray Spex

X-Ray Spex

About “Cigarettes” by X-Ray Spex

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"Cigarettes" is credited to X-Ray Spex. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Cigarettes" appears on "Conscious Consumer".

Visit the X-Ray Spex artist page at /artist/x-ray-spex for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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