Momma had such high hopes for her favourite son 
He'd be an evangelist of God or maybe even president 
He was such the diplomat with so much southern charm 
But when he growed up he outgrowed all his friends 
He was a southern politician, a political man 
He sips mint juleps on evenings so warm 
He converses with the devil who wears a hat made 
of straw 
Saying "A smart-assed northern liberal was 
something I never could stand" 
While they might take an inch he takes all he can 
He's a southern politician, a political man 
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He's a southern politician set on winning this 
here election 
Inside his big white plantation 
All the liquor and women that money can buy 
All the liquor and women that money can buy 
The folks down here believe in his cause 
His hands are clean and his vest pockets the law 
'Cos his brother the sheriff is head of the klan 
Well, the state's locked up tight in the palm of 
his hand 
He's a southern politician, a political man 
All 'round the big house painted white 
An electrical fence that's strung with barbed wire 
He's got guard dogs, shot guns and homemade pecan 
pie 
Friends come to swim, he gets a tan 
He's a southern politician, a political man 
Chorus 
There's cocktail parties every night 
Now his wife she don't love him but don't pay her 
no mind 
The smell of sweet gardenias always fills the air 
Well, they have black bodies floating in the bayou 
down there 
He's a southern politician, a political man 
He's kissing babies at campaign time 
He's making promises like they're going out of 
style 
Loves every woman, child and American man 
Says he's religious, just a God-fearing man 
He's a southern politician, a political man