Vintage
What song?
Smokey Joe's Café (1957)
Who sang it? Wrote it?
Sung by The Coasters
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
What song?
Smokey Joe's Café (1957)
Who sang it? Wrote it?
Sung by The Coasters
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
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'Till from behind the counter,
I saw a man
A chef hat on his head
and a knife in his hand
He grabbed me by the collar
and began to shout
"You'd better eat up all your
beans, boy and clear right on out"
Yes, I know I'll never eat again
And so we'll never meet again
I'd rather eat my chili beans
At Jack's or John's or Jim's or Jean's
Than taking my chances eating down
at Smokey Joe's Café
'Till from behind the counter,
I saw a man
A chef hat on his head
and a knife in his hand
He grabbed me by the collar
and began to shout
"You'd better eat up all your
beans, boy and clear right on out"
Yes, I know I'll never eat again
And so we'll never meet again
I'd rather eat my chili beans
At Jack's or John's or Jim's or Jean's
Than taking my chances eating down
at Smokey Joe's Café