i met this girl in a downhome church
and everybody called her schoolteacher
i on the you know
until i got a chance to meet her
he said the mother don’t drink no whiskey
he said the innocent thing don’t drink no wine
but since i married and brought her back to this great big city
she come home tore up all the time
you talking about
fussing and afighting
screaming and ahollering
aswinging and amissing
i ain’t gettin no kisses
she keep the water hot
all in that pot
i think me and this girl had better part
and you still sleeping there
with one eye open
i said are you still sleeping there
i told you with one eye open cause if i close my eyes i might lose my life
man you don’t know my wife
what has she done to you now
she goes to bed every night
with her fists balled up tight
and then out of the bed
hollering come on maskman i’m ready to fight
that’s what she said
that’s what she trying to start
and then she run to the kitchen and get the water hot
she missed me with the water but she caught me with the pot
she picked a can of biscuits and i gave the dog a bite
he been barking at the moon and acting stupid all night
well why don’t you call the law
man he’s married to my motherinlaw
look out look at that you know what she’s trying to get rid of me look at that putting hot sauce in my blueberry pie i ain’t goin for that and look at that she think she’s going to do in somebody look here putting glue in the gravy trying to get me to shut my mouth i ain’t going to stop talking i’m going to tell everybody about this thing yes i am
what has she done to you now
she’s cookin me a meal yeah she is
she call it the monkey stew that’s what she call it
she said come here maskman
i’m mixing up these ingredients just for you that’s what she said
then when she turned her back
i gave it to the cat
he sped out the door and ain’t never came back
he stand up in the alley with a brick in his hand
he grabbed a bulldog in the collar and like to wasted my man
you better keep on sleeping
with one eye open
you don’t have to worry
what you trying to do
what you do to me
what you trying to do
what you do
Artist: The Maskman The Agents
Year: 1969
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 198