Well, I took me a woman late last night,
I's three-fourths drunk, she looked uptight.
She took off her wheel, took off her bell,
Took off her wig, said, "How do I smell?"
I hot-footed it, bare-naked
Out the window!

Well, sometimes I might get drunk,
Walk like a duck and stomp like a skunk.
Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side.
(Right there
Proud as can be)

I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
When a can a black paint it fell on my head.
I went down to scrub and rub
But I had to sit in back of the tub.
Cost a quarter
And I had to get out quick
Someone wanted to come in and take a sauna

Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg,
Sophia Loren."
Put 'em all in the same room with Ernest Borgnine!

Well, I got a woman sleeps on a cot,
She yells and hollers and squeals a lot.
Licks my face and tickles my ear,
Bends me over and buys me beer.
(She's a honeymooner
A June crooner
A spoon feeder
And a natural leader)

Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' so heavy,
I got a woman who works on the levee.
Pumping that water up to her neck,
Every week she sends me a monthly check.
She's a humdinger
Folk singer
Dead ringer
For a thing-a-muh jigger

Late one day in the middle of the week,
Eyes were closed I was half asleep.
I chased me a woman up the hill,
Right in the middle of an air raid drill.
It was Little Bo Peep!
(I jumped a fallout shelter
I jumped a bean stalk
I jumped a Ferris wheel)

Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins
He's eatin' bullshit!)

Oh, set me down on a television floor,
I'll flip the channel to number four.
Out of the shower comes a grown-up man
With a bottle of hair oil in his hand.
(It's that greasy kid stuff.
What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
What do you do about Willy Mays and Yul Brynner,
Charles de Gaulle
And Robert Louis Stevenson?)

Well, the funniest woman I ever seen
Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean.
She takes about fifteen baths a day,
Wants me to grow a cigar on my face.
(She's a little bit heavy!)

Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time,
It levels my head and eases my mind.
I just walk along and stroll and sing,
I see better days and I do better things.
I catch dinosaurs
I make love to Elizabeth Taylor
Catch hell from Richard Burton!)



Lyrics submitted by Jack

Track duration: 04:47

"I Shall Be Free" as written by Edwin / Hawkins

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    General Comment:HAHAH you're not perverted, abel bob is! lol
    Flag jasssson February 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
    It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
    He said, 'My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?'
    I said, 'My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
    Anita Ekberg,
    Sophia Loren.'

    HAhahaha.....i love this verse....
    Flag EchoesVoiceson November 30, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:I figured out where the 'greasy kid stuff' line comes from.
    When Ted Kennedy got elected to the US senate for the first time in 1962, his older brother President Kennedy joked with him. Ted recalled:
    "I was down at the White House this afternoon with some suggestions for the State of the Union address, but all I got from him was, "Are you still using that greasy kid stuff on your hair?"
    Flag justduckygalon September 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Took me a while to notice the reference to racial segregation in the third verse.
    Used to think it was just playful nonsense.
    Flagged BraveSirRobinon January 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:anyone know who the "football man" on the TV he was referring to?
    Flag thereisnospoon1on December 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Is the part about Kennedy a sexual pun? You know, these beautiful women would make people "grow". Or perhaps I'm just a pervert or dude with a fertile imagination.
    Flag Abel Tumacácorion June 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Right on, Jack, for transcribing the song and putting it on here. There's one correction to point out, though. "Oula Tunjee" should be "Olatunji", as in Babatunde Olatunji, the musician from Nigeria.
    Flag march1291on April 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:sounds like someones been smokin somethin! i thikn that explains the song
    Flag bobdylaniscoolon December 27, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:"He's eatin' bagels, he's eatin' pizza, he's eatin' chitlins" makes me grin every time :)
    Flag StarmanDXon December 06, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I like this song a lot it's really "playful" the way he sings it. In parts it sounds like he was laughing while he was recording it.
    I think it's basically just about the misadventures of being drunk.
    Yeah, i really like it.
    Flag iloveicecream419on December 06, 2005   Link

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