Men Are Getting 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