I Ate A Fryin' Pan For Dinner - Lyrics & Chords
Lyrics & Music - David Andrew Johnson
Intro CHORUS
I ate a fry'in pan for dinner
it wasn't on the menu in my head
(I) ordered it with just a few words
when the words she heard, aint the words I said
I ate a frying pan for dinner
VERSE 1 and Melody
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I'm a fair - ly, good guy who is
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most-ly home on time
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and she has got, a throw-ing arm
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the Red Sox would sign
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You bet-ter learn to duck
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e/v' ry time
CHORUS
I ate a frying pan for dinner
before I got the butter and the bread
no matter all my good explainin'
the dents in our pots match the dents in my head
I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so
VERSE 2 and Melody
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f e c g f e c g (or d as last note)
Plan to toss out, ev' ry pot and
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dish that she can throw
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So I quic-kly, sent her off to
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do her nails and toes
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now on a shopping trip
my shopping trip is next
my secret shopping trip
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i must go
here i go
is next you know
CHORUS
I ate a frying pan for dinner
before I got the butter and the bread
no matter all my good explainin'
the dents in our pots match the dents in my head
I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so
BRIDGE
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How does she hear things,
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iiii never said
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I placed an ad
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translator wanted,
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before my baby breaks my head
VERSE 3 and Melody
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Bought my babe a, gi-ant crock pot
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g g a c c/b
way too big to lift
she'll ne-ver ne-ver lift
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and pa-per plates, stacked up so high
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like a big snow drift
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then I bought my love
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one more gift
VERSE 3b and Melody
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Win-dows at the hard-ware store were
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filled with just one book
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A best sel-ler, for ev'ry fel-la
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bought one in a hur-ry
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it's an English, to Woman
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Dictionary
And you know what?, yeah you know what!
Last CHORUS
I ate a fry'in pan for dinner
it wasn't on the menu in my head
(I) ordered it with just a few words
when the words she heard, ARE the words I said I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so
but he loves her so
but he loves her so
but he loves her so
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