Papa, he left home today
And said he ain't comin' back again
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best
Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend

Papa, he left home today
Said he ain't comin' back no more
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat
And how could mama do him so low

But mama's got a girlfriend now, boy !
Mama's got a girlfriend now
Mama's got a girlfriend
Mama's got a true friend
Mama's got a girlfriend now

You see mama don't watch your damn football
And your beer drinkin' just won't do
You're just stayin' out late
And you're preachin' the hate
And you never have been true

You see, mama she want her somebody
Who will let her be herself
So she's leavin' you and your stinky damn ways
Cause she's found somebody else

And mama's got a girlfriend now boy
Mama's got a girlfriend now
Mama's got a girlfriend
Mama's found a true friend
Mama's got a girlfriend now

Papa he left home today
He was wavin' his hands and cryin'
You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice
That his heart was slowly dyin'

But mama said :
"Boy if I ever catch you 'round here again
You ain't never gonna have nobody else
Not a woman or a man"

And mama's got a girlfriend now boy
Mama's got a girlfriend now
Mama's got a girlfriend
Mama's found a true friend
Mama's got a girlfriend now

Mama's got a girlfriend now, boy !
Mama's got a girlfriend now
Mama's got a girlfriend
Mama's found a true friend
Mama's got a girlfriend now


Also appears on

Welcome To The Cruel World 1994 - Virgin Records America, Inc.

Live From Mars (double album live) 2001 - Virgin Records America, Inc.

Notes

Ben's introduction : "Yeah, so I turn on the Geraldo show, never home at that time man, hit the... hit the remote, big as life the Geraldo show man... so I, you know I... I... panic, grabbed at the remote, started to turn it. And they announce, "On the Geraldo show today, we will have women who have left their husbands, for another woman." And you know, (Tom Fruend laughs) I'm from Claremont man, that happens all the time. But uh, they seemed to think it was extra-ordinary. So... that was the discussion topic for the day... And I figured I'd keep it at that point, I'd... I'd check it out. And they had the women couple on and the men they married obviously out of desperation. And they were... they were being... in my opinion unfair to the two women. They were good people. They were real good people, whether they were men or what their sexual preference was, they were good people. I thought they would have been better suited for parenthood... this, this cat didn't look like he had, you know, all his sandwiches at one buffet table or whatever. (Tom laughs) And it's called, "Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now." [source : Pleasure and Pain, Cardas Record - Transcript by Gavin Conaty - benharper.net]