Butterbean lyrics

Yeah, if you go down to Athens, GA

And you're drivin' in your car

You won't get very far

Before you hear people shoutin' out

What's that?

Butterbean, yeah

Gramps and grannies

Kids in their teens

Junkyard dogs and campus queens

Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger

Butterbean don't slip through my fingers

Pass me plate full, I'll be grateful

1, 2, 3, 4

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Fix 'em hot, hot, hot)

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Hot, hot, hot, hot)

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)

Come here you little butterbean you, come on

Butterbean, butterbean

Butterbean, butterbean

Butterbean grows on the vine

Some people are fat

Some people are lean

But I want you to show me the person

Who doesn't like butterbeans

Well, you can have your yams

You can have your collard greens

But if you want to please little old me

You better fix butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger

Butterbean don't slip through my fingers

Pass me plate full, I'll be grateful

1, 2, 3, 4

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Fix 'em hot, hot, hot)

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam

That's how we fix butterbeans

(Fix 'em for me now, fix 'em for me now)

• Artist:The B-52’s
• Album:Whammy! [1983]