Bottle of Smoke - The Pogues

Thanks and praises, thanks to Jesus

I bet on the Bottle of Smoke

I went to hell and to the races

To bet on the Bottle of Smoke

The day being clear, the sky being bright

He came up on the left like a streak of light

Like a drunken fuck on a Saturday night

Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Stewards inquiries, swift and fiery

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Inquisitions and suppositions

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Fuck the stewards, a trip to Lourdes

Might give the old fuckers the power of sight

Screaming springers and stoppers and call out coppers

But the money still gleams in my hand like a light

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Bookies cursing, cars reversing

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Glasses steaming, vessels bursting

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Slip a fifty to the wife

And for each brat, a brand new five

To give me a break on a Saturday night

When I had the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Priests and maidens, drunk as pagans

They had the Bottle of Smoke

Sins forgiven and celebrations

They had the Bottle of Smoke

Fuck the Yanks and drink their wines

The moon is clear, the sky is bright

I’m happy as the horse’s shite

Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Thanks and praises, thanks to Jesus

I bet on the Bottle of Smoke

I went to hell and to the races

To bet on the Bottle of Smoke

The day being clear, the sky being bright

He came up on the left like a streak of light

Like a drunken fuck on a Saturday night

Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Twenty-fucking-five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won