Will It All End in Smoke?

by Jerome D. Kern (music) and Harry B. Smith (lyrics)

Sheet music cover

[Verse]

To be near her I'm here each day,

And all my cash I pay,

For cigarettes, although they make my poor head ache,

But that's a sacrifice I make only for her sake,

I hate to smoke, But still I try,

And worship at her shrine,

Kind fortune say will she decline or yet be mine?

Oh tell me

tell me

tell me

pray.

[Refrain]

Dame Nicotine,

Pray intervene,

For an unfortunate lover,

What do these smoke rings mean?

Lightly above me they hover,

Are they a sign shes to be mine?

Or is my love but a joke?

Will it all end in smoke?

Will it all end in smoke?

She'll be here soon,

Now what shall I say to her?

[Verse]

(Very bold.) I'll Say "Good-day!" In gaunty way,

I'll smile, I'll joke, Be gay,

I'll take her hand and look quite boldly in her eyes,

And say "I love you with a love that the world defies,"

Oh no, I won't, When she's in sight,

I grow quite cold with fright,

My nerves and courage always seem to leave me quite.

To tell her

tell her

tell her

all.

[Refrain]

Dame Nicotine,

Pray intervene,

For an unfortunate lover,

What do these smoke rings mean?

Lightly above me they hover,

Are they a sign shes to be mine?

Or is my love but a joke?

Will it all end in smoke?

Will it all end in smoke.