I was of poor folk

But my mother had a rabbit fur coat

And a girl of less character pushed her down the L.A. River

Hand over that rabbit fur coat



She put a knife to her throat

Hand over that rabbit fur coat

When my ma refused, the girl kicked dirt on her blouse

Stay away from my mansion house



My mother really suffered for that

Spent her life in a gold plated body cast

Now, you ask, did she get that girl back?

She paid a visit to that mansion house



She knew the girl was not there

But her father was in cufflinks with slicked-back black hair

He invited her in, they never sang a note

But she took off that rabbit fur coat



And who do you think came home?

Miss so and so

She took one look at my ma and what did she say?

""Why are you stealing from my mansion house?""



No, I'm in love with Mr. so and so

He invited me in, I'm a girl no more

Then she dragged my ma out by her throat

Hand over that rabbit fur coat



Let's move ahead twenty years, shall we?

She was waitressing on welfare, we were living in the valley

A lady says to my ma you treat your girl as your spouse

You can live in a mansion house



And so we did

And I became a 100.000 dollar kid

When I was old enough to realize, wiped the dust from my mother's eyes

It's all this for that rabbit fur coat



But I'm not bitter about it

I've packed up my things and let them have at it

And the fortune faded, as fortunes often do

And so did that mansion house



Where my ma is now, I don't know

She was living in her car, I was living on the road

And I hear she's putting that stuff up her nose

And still wearing that rabbit fur coat



But mostly I'm a hypocrite

I sing songs about the deficit

But when I sell out and leave Omaha, what will I get?

A mansion house and a rabbit fur coat.