Buffalo Tom

The Spider And The Fly

Buffalo Tom


Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin' 
Wond'ring what I'll do when I'm through tonight 
Smokin' mopin' maybe just hopin' 
Some little girl will pass on by 
To wanna be alone 
But I love my girl at home 
I remember what she said 
She said, My! My! My! 
Don't tell lies! 
Keep fidelity in your head! 
My! My! My! Don't tell lies! 
When you've done your show go to bed 
Don't say Hi! like a spider to a fly 
Jump right ahead and you're dead! 

Sit up fed up low down go 'round 
Down to the bar at the place I'm at 
Sittin' drinkin' superficially thinkin' 
About the rins'd out blonde on my left 
And then I said Hi! like a spider to a fly 
Rememb'ring what my little girl said 
She was coming flirty 
She look'd about thirty 
I would have run away, but I was on my own 
She told me later she's a machine operator 
She said she liked the way I held the microphone 
I said, My! My! My! Like a spider to a fly 
Jump right ahead in my web!