The Closer to the Bone (The Sweeter Is the Meat) Lyrics

Closest to the bone
Sweeter is the meat
Last slice of Virginia ham
Is the best that you can eatDon't talk about my baby
She's slender but she's sweet
Closest to the bone
And sweeter is the meatNow she'd make a good thermometer
If she drank a glass of wine
She's built just like a garter snake
She climbs up like a vineMy friends tell me I'm a fool
To love a girl like that
Here's the reason I like 'em slim
Instead of big and fat
'Cause closest to the bone
Sweeter is the meat
Last slice of Virginia ham
Is the best that you can eatNow don't talk about my baby
She's slender but she's sweet

Umm, closest to the bone
And sweeter is the meatLet's goYeah, let's go, yeah, boy
Attaboy
One more, one more
One more, one more
Yeah, boyIn the moonlight
Yeah, closest to the bone, yeah
Ahh, look out now
Now she'd make a first class fountain pen
If she only knew how to write
Her figure's like a piece of string
Umm, she rolls up every nightEverybody thinks that I'm a nut
To love this lovely worm
Boy there's one reason I like 'em slim
Instead of round and firm'Cause closest to the bone
Sweeter is the meat
Last slice of Virginia ham
Is the best that you can eatNow don'cha talk about my baby
She's slender but she's sweet, umm
Closest to the bone
Umm, sweet, I got another one now
Listen hereUmm, she'd make a fine piccolo
If she only stayed on key
Boy, she's shaped like a rubber band
And she loves to snap at meEverybody thinks I'm insane
To overlook her faults
But here's the reason I like 'em skinny
Instead of full of schmaltz'Cause closest to the bone
Sweeter is the meat
Last slice of Virginia ham
Is the best that you can eatDon't talk about my baby
She's slender but she's sweet
And it's closest to the bone
And sweeter is the meat
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