High On The Hog [A]

by Tommy Castro

(as performed by The Canettes Blues Band)

I'm so happy, happy as I can get
I'm sitting pretty, as pretty as I can sit
I got me a saying, I like to use a lot
Ain't what your missing, it's what you got
I'm living high off the hog, high off the hog
Me and my baby and this old lazy dog
Doing all right, living high off the hog

Got an old cadillac, seventy-one
Ain't too pretty now, but sometimes she run
I got a new TV, hooked it up last night
Gets two colors, black and white
I'm living high off the hog, high off the hog
Me and my baby and this old lazy dog
Doing all right, living high off the hog

[12-bar keyboard]

Momma's in the kitchen, cooking up some beans
Gonna fix me a meal now, fit for a king
I'm so lucky, sometimes I've got to laugh
No doubt about it, she's my better half
I'm living high off the hog, high off the hog
Me and my baby and this old mangy dog
Doing all right, living high off the hog

[12-bar harmonica]

When you see me smiling, don't you wonder why
You know I don't need too much to get by
I'm living high off the hog, high off the hog
Me and my baby and this old mangy dog
Doing all right, living high off the hog

High off the hog, high off the hog
High off the hog, high off the hog
Me and my baby and Kermit the Frog
Doing all right