Soul Food - Rufus Thomas

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!