"Talking Blues" lyrics - CISCO HOUSTON

Wanna get to heaven?
I'll tell you what to do
Just grease your feet
In a little mutton stew
Go slide outta
The devil's hands
And ooze over
To the promised land
Easy
Greasy

I was standing in the corner
By the mantle piece
I was standing in the corner
By a bucket of grease
And I stuck my foot
In that bucket of grease
Went slippin up and down
The mantle piece
Hunting matches
Ol' plug of chewing tobacco
Cigarette butts

I'm just a city fellow
Livin' on a town
And everybody calls me
Moonshiner Brown
I make the beer
And I drink the slop
Got nine little orphans
That call me pop
Boys and girls
All kinda children

I got a gal
She's six feet tall
And sleeps in the kitchen
With her feet in the hall
She never takes a bath
Not even a rub
She's afaid she'll slide
Through the drain in the tub
She's skinny
Bony
Not much meat on her

Well there ain't no use
In me working too hard
'Cause I got a woman
In the rich folks' yard
And when they kill a chicken
She sends me the feet
And she thinks I'm workin
I'm walkin the streets
Watching traffic
Red lights

I'm standing on a corner
Just standing like a man
Standing on a corner
Lookin for a woman
Needs a hard working man
Don't mind marrying
Can't stand settling down

No there ain't no use
In me working too hard
'Cause I got another woman
In the rich folks' yard
And when they kill a chicken
She sends me the head
And she thinks I'm workin'
I'm laying up in bed
Smoking cigarettes
Dreaming about her
Two other women

Was down the henhouse
The other night
Was awful dark
Didn't have no light
And I reached for a chicken
But I got me a goose
But a man came out
Had to turn him lose
Started running
Jumping hedges
Rose bushes
Plowed ground

Down the henhouse
On my knees
And thought I heard
A chicken sneeze
But it was only a rooster
Saying his prayers
And thanking his god
For the hens upstairs
Rooster preaching
Hens a-praying
Pullets
Running around taking up a collection

Mama's in the bathroom
Greasing her feet
And sister's in the kitchen
Getting the yeast
Brother's in the backyard
Collecting the hops
And I'm at the window
Just watching for the cops
Making home-brew
Getting drunk
Having a good time