Beans Taste Fine

Now a friend of mine, way back in Chicago

You know, he finally made his pile.

Well he got himself a mansion on Butler and Sheff

An' he was livin' in the latest style;

But I run into him, he was eatin' in a greasy spoon

While parked in front was his big limousine.

I said, "Buddy, you've got so much money

How come you're in here, eatin' beans?"

An' he said

After you've been havin' steak for a long time,

Beans, beans taste fine.

An' after you've been drinkin' champagne and brandy

You gonna settle for wine.

He said "The world is funny, and people are strange,

And man is a creature of constant change, and

After you've been havin' steak for a long time

Beans, beans taste fine."

Now, you know I ran into another friend of mine

In a rowdy old Clark Street Bar.

I said, "Friend, is it true what I heard about you?

I heard you married a beautiful 18-year-old shapely movie star,

Yet here you sit, tryin' to make out with some barfly

Who's too old and ugly to be true."

He said, "Shelley, you're still a very young man

So sit down. I'll explain it all to you.

He said

After you've been havin' steak for a long time

Beans, beans taste fine.

An' after you've been drinkin' champagne and Chivas Regal

You gonna settle for Thunderbird wine.

He said "The world is funny, and people are strange,

And man is a creature of constant change, and

After you've been havin' steak for a long time

Beans, beans taste fine."