Tom: G
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This is for all you kids out there that hate your mom and pop
For forcin' you to eat everything that's on your dinner plate every night
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When I was a little kid I never liked to eat
D
Mom would put things on my plate and I'd dump 'em on her feet
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But then one day she made this soup I ate it all in bed
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I asked her what she put in it and this is what she said:
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Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes
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Monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs
G C G
Yeah, rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toenail pies
D G
Stir 'em all together and it's mama's soup surprise
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I went into the bathroom and I stood beside the sink
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I said, "I'm feeling slightly ill and I think I'd like a drink"
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Mama said, "I've just the thing I'll get it in a wink
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It's full of lots of protein and vitamins, I think"
C G
It was, chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes
D
Yeah, monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs
G C G
Rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toenail pies
D G
Stir 'em all together and it's mama's soup surprise