Closer to the Bone

Closest to the bone, sweeter is the meat

Last slice of Virginia ham is the best that you can eat

Don't talk about my baby, she's slender but she's sweet

Closest to the bone and sweeter is the meat

Now 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 vine

My 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

The last slice of Virginia ham is the best that you can eat

Now don't talk about my baby, she's slender but she's sweet

Hmm, closest to the bone and sweeter is the meat

Yeah, let's go

Got any more?

One more, one more

One more, one more

Yeah, boy

Sweeter is the meat

Yeah, closer to the bone, hey

And I got none

Now she'd make a first class fountain pen

If she only knew how to write

Her figure's like a piece of string

Hmm, she rolls up every night

Everybody thinks that I'm a nut

To love this lovely whim

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 eat

Now don't talk about my baby, she's slender but she's sweet, hmm

Closest to the bone, hmm, sweet

I got another one now

Listen here

Hmm, 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 me

Everybody 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 eat

Don't talk about my baby, she's slender but she's sweet

And closest to the bone and sweeter is the meat