The Ballad of Butter Beans

i'm pretty sure it's "you're riding shot gun" and "double-breasted suit of skin" "i can barely carry your weight across my tiny back

there's a lot of onomatopoeia in this song .

what i get from it is that, possibly, butter beans sold his soul to satan (who is speaking), and satan has come to collect his due. butter beans tries to run, and doesn't want to leave his life ("...butter beans, i know she wants you..."), but satan reminds him that what he has isn't real, because satan got it for him, in exchange for his soul ("...you’ll make a lovely headdress or a double breasted suit...").

then, butter beans attempts to hide out, and to counter satan's dark magic with some sort of spell.

i've been reading a lot of harry potter lately, though, so, i guess bear that in mind.

On one part it's '' you think your so slick I seen the lipstick cross your dillsnick '' He said it in an interview before.

I think these lyrics, this transcript is a little iffy, but it's a tough song. Before I criticise, I'm making a mental note to try to make my own. I love this song, and I love it.

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"[till you romp down I'm goin to hell you ride as shine ride you gone]" should be (i think) [till you romp down I'm goin to hell you're ridin' shotgun]

Also, "Cause I'm gonna freeze out life blood [from that black heart]" should definitely be "Cause I'm gonna free that black blood from that black heart"

after listening to this on full blast a few times, i think i got the lyrics down pat without all the weird unicode bs. he says his stuff pretty clear in this, except the background singers make it kinda hard to hear the last line of every verse. here:

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you I'm gonna stick you, I'm gonna take you down And then romp, I'm goin' to hell, You're riding shotgun.

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, I know she wants you Bet you'll make a lovely headdress Or a double breasted suit of skin

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, you best stay sharp 'Cause I'm gonna free that black blood from that black heart I'm gonna fry I'm gonna fry with a smile on my face

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick

Butter beans, you go and try and hide In the swamp grass I got swamp eyes And I'll track you down like a bloodhound It's your time to die

Butter beans I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, you've gotten so fat I can barely carry your weight across my tiny back Taught me singing, in the end when I see you, say Amen

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Real thick black magic can't stop the tragedy from happening Pigs feet and snake piss, crow tongue and cat face Horse tail and bone bits Bird's nest and graveyards All of it won't keep the tragedy from happening So run!

after listening to this on full blast a few times, i think i got the lyrics down pat without all the weird unicode bs. he says his stuff pretty clear in this, except the background singers make it kinda hard to hear the last line of every verse. here:

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you I'm gonna stick you, I'm gonna take you down And then romp, I'm goin' to hell, You're riding shotgun.

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, I know she wants you Bet you'll make a lovely headdress Or a double breasted suit of skin

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, you best stay sharp 'Cause I'm gonna free that black blood from that black heart I'm gonna fry I'm gonna fry with a smile on my face

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick

Butter beans, you go and try and hide In the swamp grass I got swamp eyes And I'll track you down like a bloodhound It's your time to die

Butter beans I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Butter beans, you've gotten so fat I can barely carry your weight across my tiny back Taught me singing, in the end when I see you, say Amen

Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you

Real thick black magic can't stop the tragedy from happening Pigs feet and snake piss, crow tongue and cat face Horse tail and bone bits Bird's nest and graveyards All of it won't keep the tragedy from happening So run!

sorry about that posting twice. but i think it has a lot of similarities to "The tragedy of Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. in lamen's terms, guy makes a pact with the devil, he gets faust everything he wants in exchange for his soul, faust wants to back out because he meets a girl whom he falls in love with but she hates that he's followed by mephistopheles (satan). he wants no more of the pact. but he's taken down to hell anyway after things with the girl goes wrong. go read it for yourself, because i'm sure i left some stuff out.

Bird's nest and grave dust.

I def agree with the Faust angle. Interestingly, on the album cover there is a fat boxer staring in the mirror in one of the rooms. This guy looks just like Butterbean, a popular if gimmicky boxer from the 90s.