Eggplant Lyrics

Eggplant
Michael Franks
From: The Art of Tea
Whenever I explore the land of Yen
I always take one on the chin
And now this lioness has almost made me tame.
I can't pronounce her name but Eggplant is her game.

The lady sticks to me like white on rice.
She never cooks the same way twice.
Maybe it's the mushrooms. Maybe the tomatoes.
I can't reveal her name but Eggplant is her game.

When my baby cooks her Eggplant,
She don't read no book.
She's got a Giocanna kinda of dirty look

And my baby cooks her Eggplant,
Bout 19 different ways.
Sometimes I just have it raw with Mayonnaise.

-break-

Maybe its the way she grates her cheese,
Or just the freckles on her knees.
Maybe its the scallions. Maybe she's Italian.
I can't reveal her name but Eggplant is her game.

When my baby cooks her Eggplant,
She don't read no book.
She's got a Giocanna kinda of dirty look.

And my baby cooks her Eggplant,
Bout 19 different ways.
Sometimes I just have it raw with Mayonnaise.

Michael Franks - Indispensable: Best of

Jun 1998

1. Eggplant
2. Monkey See-Monkey Do
3. The Lady Wants to Know
4. Down in Brazil
5. Don't Be Blue
6. When the Cookie Jar Is Empty
7. A Robinsong
8. Jardin Botanico
9. When It's Over
10. Baseball
11. Jealousy
12. No Deposit Love
13. Rainy Night in Tokyo
14. Never Satisfied
15. Read My Lips
16. Face to Face
17. The Camera Never Lies