MILLIE'S GOT A MEAN STREAK

AND SHE TAKES IT OUT AT NIGHT

ON HER HUSBAND AND HER FAMILY

AND ANYBODY ELSE IN SIGHT

YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT IN THE DAY

WHEN SHE'S HAPPY AND POLITE

BUT MILLIE'S GOT A MEAN STREAK

AND SHE TAKES IT OUT AT NIGHT

 

SPOKEN:

EVERY YEAR SHE WON THE BAKE OFF

WITH HER HOMEMADE RHUBARB PIE

AND EVERYONE LOOKED UP TO HER

WITH A GLIMMER IN THEIR EYE

AS SHE STOOD THERE, RIBBON HELD ALOFT

YOU NEVER WOULD'VE KNOWN

THAT THIS SWEET WOMAN, IN HER BODY

HAD AN ANGRY BONE

 

"EVERYONE LOVED MILLIE

AT THE LOCAL BINGO HALL"

EVEN ELMER G. SAID THAT TO ME

AS HE CHURNED THE BINGO BALLS

"EVEN WHEN SHE YELLS OUT BINGO

NO ONE EVER SEEMS TO MIND

SHE'S NICE TO KIDS AND INVALIDS

AND ALL OF HUMANKIND"

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

NOW, MILLIE'S NOT THE KIND OF GIRL

TO EVER WEAR A FROWN

AND MILLIE DON'T GO WILLY-NILLY

DRINKIN' 'ROUND THE TOWN

SHE'S JUST A SMALL TOWN FARM GIRL

OUT ON THE RURAL ROUTE

I NEVER KNEW SHE HAD A MEAN STREAK

'TILL I SAW HER TAKE IT OUT

 

WE WERE SITTIN' IN THE KITCHEN

ME AND HER HUSBAND FRED

DRINKIN' BEER AND PLAYIN' CARDS

MILLIE'D GONE TO BED

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT AT FIRST

'TILL MILLIE CAME DOWNSTAIRS

I'LL TELL YOU FRIENDS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

STILL MAKES ME HAVE NIGHTMARES

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

SHE COMMENCED TO CUSSIN' UP AND DOWN

WHILE SHE GRIPPED A MASON JAR

IT CONTAINED A LIQUID THAT COULD STRIP THE CHROME

OFF THE BUMPER OF A CAR

SHE TOLD US WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF US

AND THEN SHE KICKED THE CAT

SENT HIM SCREACHIN' OUT THE KITCHEN DOOR

WAY PAST THE WELCOME MAT

 

SHE WALKED ACROSS THE FLOOR AND LOOKED AT ME

AND GOT RIGHT IN MY FACE

TOLD ME MY MOTHER NEVER LOVED ME

AND THEN TORE UP THE PLACE

SHE WAS THROWIN' DISHES AT ME AND FRED

THEN GRABBED THE IRON SKILLET

SHE HIT FRED UPSIDE THE HEAD, AND SAID

"WHERE'S THAT CAT?  I'M GONNA KILL IT!"

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

THEY SAY CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

YOU KNOW THAT THAT AINT RIGHT

IT WAS MILLIE AND HER MEAN STREAK

WHEN SHE TAKES IT OUT AT NIGHT

 

Copyright 2004, written by David L. Heilman