Ray Stevens - Hoochie Coochie Dancer lyrics

Oh, I got a brand-new girlfriend
She's hot from head to toe
I met her on the midway 'bout an hour ago
I may not have a future and
She may have a past
But the fortune teller read our palms
And told us this could last
One good thing about her for sure that I know
She's a hoochie coochie dancer
In this carnival show

She said, "You gotta see me dance
See me do my thing" i was thinkin', "Wow
I need to buy this girl a ring"
She said her show was somethin'
I really had to see
And if I'd give her fifty bucks
She'd get me in for free

She said her mom is on parole
Her dad's in Leavenworth
My buddies think I'm crazy
But hey this just might work
So I asked my friend Bud Weiser, "Hey, Bud
What do you think?"
Bud said what he always said, "Well, first
Let's have a drink"
There's one good thing about her
For sure we both know
She's a hoochie coochie dancer
In a carnival show

And then we went behind the tent and
That's when I felt a thud
I woke up just lyin' there in
The sawdust and the mud
Musta hit my head on somethin', you know
It's dark back here
"No, officer, I ain't been drinkin', well
Just a couple of beers"

The police found my wallet and
My high school ring
I didn't know that they were gone
It's the darnedest thing
I still feel kinda woozy from that
Corn dog that I ate
I think I'll go behind the tent and
Just sit back there and wait
For my brand-new sweetheart, she'll look
For me, I know, 'cause
She's a hoochie coochie dancer
In this carnival show

Listen, officer
She was back there when I hit my head
She'll swear that it's all so
She's a hoochie coochie dancer
In this carnival show