Show What Our Readers Say To the Uintah Basin THE TOBACCO HABIT By John P. Madsen Our world is filled with tobacco For a terrible price we pay Not the amount we put in the vending But the effects of the stuff is sure to be It's tobacco on the radio and the silver In the newspapers and most all It filters your makes a smudge in your And leaves you in a trance and dire despair You go to the fountain for a thirst-quenching the air there is so dense you just sit and blink When the waiter what will it Your answer clear out the smudge so I can They'll stop a minister in the middle of his to tell you that with a filter you get no with a filter at both ends and one in the The tar to your throat is sure to dribble The we has made this decree There'll be no tobacco in as you cross the just make up your You'll have to leave your tobacco Then why do we use the filthy No matter how it's not enough To satisfy the we take more and And complain to the doctor our lungs are so my good just take my The pleasure you get is not worth the You can live much longer and happier be If you'll just not mess with the filthy |