Interpret:

Jethro Tull

Album:

Nightcap (2 cd)

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 flat tin case is all you need
Breastpocket conversation opener
And one of those ciggie 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, mine host, that I may visit
A nearby tobacconist
To replenish my supply of small cigars
And make the party swing again


I know my clothes seem shabby
And don't fit this Hampstead soiree
Where unread copies of Rolling Stone
Wellthumbed Playboys
Decorate the hifi stereo record shelves
If you ask me they're on their way
To uppermiddleclass oblivion
The stupid twits, they roll their only
One cigarette between them
My small cigar's 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 his world, my friend
A small cigar
Has changed the world again


A small cigar ...