Men Are Gettin' Scarce

MEN ARE GETTIN' SCARCE

 Joe Tex

 

 Girls listen, I'm gonna cool you cooks to something

 Listen to this

 Men are gettin scarce girls

 Gettin' scarce as hen's teeth, yeah

 Men are gettin' scarce girls

 Gettin' scarce as hen's teeth, yeah

 

 There used to be a time

 When a woman could get a man with just her charms

 Now in order for a woman to get a man

 She gotta, she gotta take him

 She gotta take him, she gotta take him

 She gotta take him right out of another woman's arms

 

 Men are gettin scarce girls

 Oh their gettin' scarce girls

 Gettin' scarce as hen's teeth,(ha ha)

 And that's mighty scarce

 

 Listen to this

 I was talkin' to this woman the other day

 Now she said, she was gonna quit her man

 Cause he's got a raggedy car

 Can you get to that, look here, huh

 Women are funny though

 Every time her car is runnin' good

 They say chile, that's my car (laughter)

 soon as it gets to runnin' bad

 She say ah I don't want that old car

 That's his car (laughter)

 

 Listen she gonna say to me

 She said the other day, she said

 It runs hot, it burns oil

 This ole car is beat and rundown

 The other day the battery fell dead

 Right in the heart of town, embarrassin' me

 Let me twll you one thing baby

 You tell that man to get a tune up on that car

 Get a new set of spark plugs, some brand new tires

 And a new water pump and you keep that man

 'Cause let me tell you one thing right now

 

 Men are gettin scarce girls

 Ah their gettin' scarce girls

 They're gettin' scarce as hen's teeth,(ha ha)

 And that's mighty scarce

 Hold it band, hold it, hold it a minute

 

 Say Miss Lady, now you just gonna sit there at that table

 And eat all the barbecue and ain't gonna give me none (mumble)

 Say what? Oh not you again

 Say LeRoy, here's this woman with them skinny legs again

 She got a greasy mouth this time

 Come over here and get this greasy mouth woman

 She reminds me of them folks up in Navisoda, Texas

 Eatin' barbecue and drinkin' red soda water on the 19th of June (laughter)

 Look here, give me a piece of that barbecue

 And kiss me with your greasy mouth (laughter)

 

 I was talkin' to this woman the other day

 Now here's a woman that was gonna quit her man

 'Cause he wasn't makin' enough money on his job

 Talkin' 'bout how much tax Uncle Sam take out of his money

 She went on to say something like this

 She say they take tax and more tax and they keep on takin' that tax

 Why he take so much money from my man

 We ain't got enough to relax

 Well let me tell you one thing baby

 You let that man stay on that ole measely job

 and let him keep bringin' home that little $72.50 every week

 And you keep that man

 'Cause Uncle Sam is gonna get his baby

 Don't you worry about that

 Men are gettin' scarce baby

 They're gettin' scarce as hen's teeth

 You got some women their man ain't got no job

 Men droppin' off like flies