But now I choose my words so carefully
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
She shows up like the devil said penance
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
Six times around my heart and I say

My tongue wraps like a tether ball
She is swallowing lightning and she is spittin' thunder
These days every time I try and start to sing some sad song
She is waftin' California and reekin' Tennessee
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
I open up my mouth and the only word that I can find is just

'Cause the angle of her cheek is the math of persuasion
I ain't even thinkin' about the rest of the day
But each time that I start
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson

Just wonderin' what she was doing, a little later on today
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
I was wonderin' what she was doing, a little later on today
I said hey, hey, Miss Ferguson, it's me
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
Blow out them candles now I'll show you where i've been
I've never been one for too much conversation
It's Cory from work, callin' to say
Now she comes around at midnight like a Sunday afternoon
First time you saw the ocean, she's got tucked behind her knee
Now I wanna tell her how I feel

She got hired on down at the last chance diner
The way that woman does me is like nothing, I've ever seen
Just wonderin' what you were doing, a little later on today

Ain't got no purple heart, no blue ribbon

Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
It's Cory from work callin' to say

She works all the same shifts as me
I was wonderin' what she was doing, a little later on today

I wanna be around to watch the southern kick in
It's Cory from work, callin' to say
She brings the sun, she brings the shine
Don't think I'll ever wake up on the wrong side of her bed
I was wonderin' what she was doing, a little later on today
Just wonderin' what she was doing, a little later on today
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
Six times around my heart and I say
Waftin' California, reekin' Tennessee

A bad thing waitin' 'round to happen like a lake of gasoline

Now I'm curious to see just where them 8 pounds will end up
I was wonderin' what you were doing, a little later on today
Won't nothin' ever be clear no more
With a purpose and a manner like a needle and a spoon
But each time that I start