"You're living in my house / And I'm living in a tent / And don't laugh, this second job of mine / Is paying both our rents...Your ketchup's in the bag / And her check is in the mail / I hope your chicken's raw inside / And I hope your bun is stale..."

Country & Western singer Tim McGraw performs many songs about fatherhood and family, and his words and observations are often dead-on. One example is his song Grown Men Don't Cry (see my blog post Tim McGraw: '...my little girl says 'I love you dad'), another is his 2006 song My Little Girl (see my blog post Tim McGraw: 'You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born').

In his 2004 song Do You Want Fries With That?, McGraw sympathetically examines the raw deal given many divorced fathers.  There wasn't a music video for the song (as far as I can tell), but you can listen to the song and view a photo montage by clicking here. The full lyrics to the song are below.

To hear and read about another good divorced dad song, see my blog post 'The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice cream...' about Sting's song "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying."

Do You Want Fries With That?
Tim McGraw

I thought that was your voice
I thought that was my car
Now we ain't ever met before
But I know who you are
You're living in my house
And I'm living in a tent
And don't laugh, this second job of mine
Is paying both our rents
You're out here buying Happy Meals
And I'm eating rice and pintos
You so much as crack a smile at me, man
I'll come through this here window

Well you took my wife
And you took my kids
And you took that life
That I used to live
My pride, the pool, the boat, my tools, my dreams, the dog, the cat
Yeah I think that's just about everything
Oh I almost forgot
Do you want fries with that?

Your ketchup's in the bag
And her check is in the mail
I hope your chicken's raw inside
And I hope your bun is stale
I'm supposed to tell you
"Please come back"
But how bout this instead?
I hope you both choke on a pickle
Man, that would tickle me to death
I don't know what you're waiting on
You're holding up the line
Oh man, you ain't got no change coming back
Are you out of your mind?

Well you took my wife
And you took my kids
And you took that life
That I used to live
My pride, the pool, the boat, my tools, my dreams, the dog, the cat
Yeah reckon that's all there is
Do you want fries with that?

Here's your nuggets.
Don't you....
Hey don't laugh at me you.....

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