| Says I feel just like mama, throwing my slop jar in your face
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| Says I feel just like mama, throwing my slop jar in your face
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| Said you done lost your mind, and let that old out‑minder take my place
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| Now I could cut your throat mama, and drink your blood like wine
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| Now I could cut your throat mama, and drink your blood like wine
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| Because you’s a dirty old buzzard, and you sure done lost your mind
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| Mama here I am, right out in the cold again
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| Mama here I am, right out in the cold again
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| Says the woman that I’m loving, got brains just like a turkey hen
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| Says I’d rather be a catfish, down in the Gulf of Mexico
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| Says I’d rather be a catfish, down in the Gulf of Mexico
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| Than to hear the woman that I’m loving, say sweet papa I got to go
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| Then I cried, till my pillow got soaking wet
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| Then I cried, till my pillow got soaking wet
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| Says I walked all the way up Beale Street, I bowed my head at every old gal I
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