Chicken

Chicken

lyrics, music, arrangement by Andrew M. Cohen
© 2020 Earwig Music Company, Inc.


Fat's in the fire, chicken's fryin' in the pan
Rooster's on the rooftop, grabbin' all the chick that he can
I'm knockin' rhythm on the rocks in the Knoxville slam.

Stole me a chicken twenny nine days ago
twenny nine days lookin' down at the jailhouse flo'
One more day and I can go out and steal some more

Stole me a chicken, got me thirty days
Two fried eggs and a nice warm place to stay
That chicken and me never got along anyway

Now me and the warden certainly had to agree
He got the bird and I got the jailhouse key
Cause he et up the proof and the jury had to set me free

Gonna give up chickens, pretty mama gonna steal me a cow
You can milk it, you can punch it you can even ask it how
But if it don't say, it really doesn't matter now.