Papa's in the kitchen,
 
 Mama's in the field
 
 There's a murder in the henhouse
 
 Mud flung high upon the wheels
 
  
  Ol' rooster in the dooryard
 
 He's just leanin' on the horn
 
 With the wind so sweetly driftin'
 
 Through the ripening corn
  
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been for so long, for so long?
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been, where you been for so long?
  
 
 There's something outrageous
 
 'Bout that evening sky
 
 Just this side of dangerous
 
 That look in your eye
  
 
 I always knew that you were crazy
 
 Always knew you could be cruel
 
 Still, I would do just about anything
 
 In the world for you
  
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been for so long, for so long?
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been, where you been for so long?
  
 
 You left me standin' in the corner
 
 With my head so hangin' down
 
 Punch-drunk, busted up and reelin'
 
 Like a rodeo clown
  
 
 You always seem to hit me
 
 Like a lightnin' from above
 
 I guess I just wasn't ready for
 
 Such a heavy-handed love.
  
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been for so long, for so long?
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been, where you been for so long?
  
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been for so long for so long?
 
 Hey Me, Hey Mama
 
 Where you been, where you been for so long?