Jack & the Ripper - I Was Born A Cancer Lyrics

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I was tall, I was strong
When I had to go
Went to the Tropics
Beneath the Capricorn
My captain said
"You have a cancer of the lungs"

I said amen, I smoke of tobacco
I said amen, I smoke of tobacco
I said amen, I smoke of tobacco
It's a divine holocaust
I said amen, I smoke of tobacco
I said amen, I smoke of tobacco
I said amen, oh my God

You ask me "Why do you smoke?"
But you talk and talk and talk and talk
And you never have a look at the clouds
You see, in Heaven, angels smoke too
They do get bored baby like me, like you

And if it's not stress, I guess
It must be happiness
That make them send those lovely S.O.S
I was born to die of cancer
I was born to die of cancer
I was born to die of cancer
No matter if I smoke

I was stressed, I was oppressed
I felt pain, I felt dread
I was born to die of cancer
No matter if I smoke

Marlboro, Marlboro Lights, Dunhill Gold
Lucky Strike, Camel Blend, Craven A
Gauloises Blondes, Benson Hedges

Oh you tell me "It's suicide"
It's true we don't have so much time
To start a cure of disintoxication
But it's hard to be modern
To be careful with your health
I'm not a sportsman after all
Cult of the body destroys the soul
Yeah the soul

We have to roll on, we have to roll on
Oh baby ash to ash, and that leaves dust to dust
I was still smoking on the verge of dying
Oh baby ash to ash, and now it's dust to dust
Oh baby ash to ash, and now it's gone