Intro
Verse 1
Daddy Left One Day And Never Came Back
Mama Had To Pick Up His Half Of The Slack
Overtime, Odd Jobs And Graveyards
Saving Pennies And The Dollars In A Mason
Jar
Enter Bill The Boyfriend From Hell, With
A Mean Streak Matched By The Devil Himself
He’d Beat Up On Her But She Didn’t Fight It
Cause She Needed The Checks That He Was
Providing
Pre Chorus
And If He Said He Was Hungry No Matter How
Late, She'd Tie Back Her Hair, Put A Pan To
A Flame
Chorus
And Sling Some Bacon And Fry Some Eggs, Make Some
Mean Green Beans And The Best Cornbread
Swear It Adds More Flavor, And Its A Helluva Life Saver,
Isnt It?
Mamas Cast Iron Skillet
Break
Verse 2
Well I Got A Little Older I Was About 13
And I Devised A Plan To Save Mama And Me
Next Night After Dinner I Took My Chance
Grabbed Ahold Of The Handle Of That Frying
Pan
Pre Chorus
I Swung It Hard With All My Might, Hit Bill
Right Square Between His Eyes
Chorus
It Can Sling Some Bacon And Fry Some Eggs, Make Some
Mean Green Beans And The Best Cornbread
Swear It Adds More Flavor, And Its A Helluva Life Saver,
Isnt It?
Mamas Cast Iron Skillet
Yeah Mamas Cast Iron Skillet
[Verse 3] (Spoken)
He Was There On The Floor, With Blood On
His Head, We Grabbed A Few Things And
We Left Him For Dead, Dont Know If Anyone
Ever Found Him That Night
But Me And My Mama Got A Brand New Life
With My Dear Aunt Denise Is Down In Sassafras
Valley, Yeah We Were Still Broke But We
Were Headed Towards Happy
And I Know What I Did It Was Probably A Sin
But Bill Will Never Touch My Mama Again
And Now She's
Chorus
Slinging Bacon And Frying Eggs, Making
Mean Green Beans And The Best Cornbread
Swear It Adds More Flavor, Turned Out To Be A Real Life Saver,
Didn't It?
Mamas Cast Iron Skillet
Yeah Mamas Cast Iron Skillet