Now a friend of mine how of Chicago
He finally made of pile
He got himself a mansion and a butler and a chef
He was living in the latest style
But one day I ran into him in a greasy spoon
And parked out front was his big limousine
Then I said buddy if you got so much money
How come you're in here eating beans?
And he said after you've been having
Steak for a long time beans, beans taste fine
And after you been drinking champagne and brandy
You're gonna settle for wine
Now the world is funny people are strange
And man is a creature of contant change
And after you've been having steak for a long time
Beans, beans taste fine
Oh, yeah beans, beans taste fine
Well, I ran into another friend of mine
In a rowdy old Park Street Bar
And I said friend is it true what I heard about you
I heard you married a beautiful 18 year old shapely movie star
And yet here you sit trying to make out
With a bar fly who's too old and ugly to be true
And he said Felix you're a very young man
So sit down and I'll explain it all to you
He said after you've been having steak
For a long time beans, beans taste fine
And after you've been drinking champagne and brandy
You'll come to dig that wine
Now the world is funny and people are strange
The man is a creature of contant change
And after you've been having steak for a long time
Beans, beans taste fine
Yah, the beans hold it are too much
I can't stand it
I can't stand it unhand them beans.
