Lyrics Soul Food - Rufus Thomas

Soul Food

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, man
Yeah
Huh?
Yeah
Touch that waitress right there
Which one?
That one?
Yeah, I’m talkin' 'bout that one right there
Ayy
Hey, hey baby
Ayy, you gon' wait on me
Look, I been here an hour and a half
And you ain’t waited on me yet
You been waitin' on everybody else but me
What, what, what’s wrong?
You prejudice or somethin'?
I know what you got on the menu
I saw it when I came in
Listen
You got cracklins cooked from a fresh killed hog
With the hash shaved off his hide
River bank pork sided soaked in vinegar
With green onions on the side
Barbecue spare ribs, chicken and the dumplings
And legs from a dozen frogs
You eat all you want, but save the scraps
'Cause you can always feed 'em to your soul, dawg
Soul food, mm
Good soul food
Soul food
Listen here
Fresh filets of a -built catfish
And hush puppies by the pound
Alligator sauces mixed with chili peppers
That’s just been freshly ground
Crossfish patties and wild turkey carved
And steamin' tonne of greens
Eggs and pork rinds all scrambled up
In footlong Arkansas pulled beans
Soul food
You know I ain’t talkin' 'bout nothin' but soul food
Soul food
Play your guitar, Michael
You know Mike?
Yeah
It’s always a
Yeah, it’s a
Woo!
You know I come down here all the time
You come down here all the time?
Yeah, yeah, I don’t eat nowhere but here
Aw yeah
I bring all my friends down here
Yeah, what’s the name of this place?
Um, this is Mary’s place
Yeah, Mary’s place
Yeah, I bring my friends
I bring my wife
Yeah
When y’all better not bring somebody else’s wife
I ain’t got nothin' to do with that
Aw yeah
That ain’t my business, dawg, na’sayin'?
Yeah
Listen here, Michael
Beans and cornbread
Flatback chills and genuine pigtail sours
Possum as good, but first make sure
That you ain’t eat no gigantic amounts
Moonpie watermelon cantaloupe peppermint
And red and orange soda pop
Soul food is good for the people who has
And also good for the people who has not
Soul food
Soul food, mm
Good soul food
Soul food
Black eyed peas and cornbread
Chickens and spaghetti
And coleslaw
Ham pots and black eyed peas and
Tonne of greens
If you get a little flapjack
I slide out the door
And never come back
Hey, Mike?
Yeah
Do you know, you realize I ain’t got no waitin' on yet?
They ain’t waitin' on you yet?
They ain’t waitin' on me yet!
Oh man, let’s go
Been in here and hour and half and ain’t got nothin'
You ain’t got nothin', let’s go
Let’s go
That’s right
Hey, hey, hey, hey, waitress
Hey, you gon' ever wait on me?
I don’t, man, I don’t, I don’t have to eat
I don’t have to eat in here at all
Look, let’s, let’s, let’s go down to
Let’s go down to Josephine’s place
Yeah, let’s go
Now, now the food might not be as good
Okay
But at least we can get a waitin' on
We can come out with a full stomach
Folks don’t have to know what we been eatin' on, now do they?
No, they ain’t got to know
No, no
Dawg, wait a minute now
You don’t have to worry 'bout it
We got good food down here
Well now, this, this, this place is alright, man
Look here, that’s alright
I’ma get my friends
We gon' leave here
Okay, we gon' leave here
I come here with six, six, six
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ayy, y’all, let’s go
Let’s go
Let’s go, let’s go
Now let’s go on
We, we don’t have to eat anythin' here
Let’s go, baby, we ain’t stayin' here
I don’t care
Don’t get nothin' from me
There it is…
Come on, man, let’s go
Let’s go, let’s go
Let’s go, let’s go
Come on, man, let’s go
See y’all!