Lyrics
[Verse 1] Old man Bubba had a trailer by the river bend Half sunk sideways where the cattails lean and twist Kept a giant bubbling vat beneath a crooked awning Next to busted washing machines and an old bait fridge Every Friday night the county wandered down to see him With a lawn chair, paper plate, and swollen appetite Folks brought all kinds of strange and awful little treasures Just to watch him dunk ‘em screaming through the boiling bite He fried a bucket full of turnips and Vienna sausages Fried a pound of cheddar wrapped in strips of salty ham Fried an alligator foot beside banana pudding Served it dripping wet with pickled okra in a pan Fried a meatloaf covered thick with maple syrup gravy Fried a whole red snapper stuffed with peas and tater skins Fried a birthday cake with bacon hanging off the corners Folks kept eating even after getting stomach spins Little Jimmy brought a shoe and Bubba laughed and took it Dipped it heavy in the batter made from cornmeal mash Dropped it slowly while the children hollered by the picnic tables Grease came popping loud enough to make the coolers rattle fast Jimmy took a giant bite and nearly lost his supper Ran in circles by the river making wounded goat sounds Bubba just kept grinning with his apron soaked and greasy Scooping curly onion strings and tossing baskets all around [Pre-Chorus] Grease smoke curling past the power lines Mosquitoes buzzing through the summertime [Chorus] Deep fry everything Drop it all and hear it sing Cabbage rings and onion pie If it fits, then let it fly Deep fry everything tonight Golden bricks stacked side to side Mamma yelled “That ain’t right!” But she ate six bites by midnight [Verse 2] Cousin Larry owned a boat that never touched the water Sat on blocks beside his shed collecting wasp nests thick Spent his afternoons inventing awful frying contests With a cooler full of mystery meat and hickory sticks One hot evening he arrived with fourteen pounds of catfish And a bowling bag completely stuffed with random junk Had a traffic cone, suspenders, thirty boiled peanuts And a garden gnome he found beside a roadside dump Bubba cracked his knuckles slowly like a backwoods preacher Poured the batter from a bucket labeled “Caution Hogs” Dunked the cone and all the peanuts while the church folk watched him Sweat rolled down their necks like gravy running off the logs Larry swore the fried suspenders tasted better salted Said the garden gnome had notes of jalapeño stew Sheriff Dodd got sick behind the busted ice machine there Then came shambling back for seconds like the others do Grandma Jean showed up at sunset driving slow and crooked With a casserole and seven jars of canned raccoon Wore a leopard print housecoat covered thick with flour handprints And a fishing cap that read “Hot Stuff Saloon” She fried pork chops stuffed with peaches and tobacco onions Fried whole biscuits till they puffed like footballs in the rain Folks got packed together tighter than a can of minnows Belching loud enough to wake the cattle by the train [Bridge] Grease river rollin’ past the county fair Folks got crumbs all stuck in their hair Dog got loose with a funnel cake Mayor passed out by the catfish lake [Breakdown] DROP IT FRY IT PASS THAT BASS KIT DOWN THE LINE HOT OIL JUMPIN’ BELLY THUMPIN’ EVERYBODY [unintelligible lyrics] [Chorus] Deep fry everything Chicken socks and lima beans Turnips, waffles, pickle stew There ain’t nothin’ Bubba won’t do Deep fry everything tonight Cast iron moon up in the sky Grease stains cover every plate And nobody’s leavin’ lightweight [Outro] Vat still bubblin’ at half past three Fried up a lawn chair and a pear tree Whole town waddled home real slow Smell of catfish on every coat