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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big Mama Thornton
Performer
Johnny Otis Orchestra
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JERRY LEIBER
Songwriter
Mike Stoller
Songwriter
Lyrics
I smell a rat, baby
I smell a rat, baby
You'd better watch out
I smell a rat, baby
You won't tell me where you been
Whiskey running all down your chin
I smell a rat, baby
I smell a rat, baby
You'd better watch out
I smell a rat, baby
You come stumbling down the hall
Bump your head up against the wall
Knock down drunk, that ain't all
I know you been having yourself a ball
I smell a rat, baby
I smell a rat, baby
You'd better watch out
I smell a rat, baby
Oh, you know I smell a rat
Look at the bull pill, red woman
You walked out, ain't been no place
The pain had scrached all over your face
I smell a rat, baby
I smell a rat, baby
You'd better watch out
I smell a rat, baby
Well
Oh, little rat
I get me some rathole to take care of you, baby
Now I know what you put down
I know the other side of town
I smell a rat, baby
Oh, great, big rat
Better watch out
I smell a rat
I smell a rat
I smell a rat
Big rat
Writer(s): Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber
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