Papa he left home today   And said he ain't comin' back again   He said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best   Just 'cause mama's got a special kind of friend      Well, papa he left home today   And said he ain't comin' back no more   He said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat   And how could mama do him so low      But mama's got a girlfriend now boy   Mama's got a girlfriend now   Mama's got a girlfriend, mama's got a true friend   And mama's got a girlfriend now      You see mama don't watch your damn football   And your beer drinkin' just won't do   You're just stayin' out late and you're preachin' the hate   And you never have been true      You see mama she want her somebody, Lord   Who will let her be herself   So she's leavin' you and your stinky damn ways   'Cause she's found somebody else      And mama's got a girlfriend now boy   Mama's got a girlfriend now   Mama's got a girlfriend, mama's found a true friend   Mama's got a girlfriend now      Papa he left home today   He was wavin' his hands and cryin'   You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice   That his heart was slowly dyin'      But mama said, "Boy if I ever   Catch you 'round here again   You ain't never gonna have nobody else   Not a woman or a man"      And mama's got a girlfriend now boy   Mama's got a girlfriend now   Mama's got a girlfriend, mama found a true friend   Mama's got a girlfriend now      Mama's got a girlfriend now boy   Mama's got a girlfriend now   Mama's got a girlfriend, mama's found a true friend   Mama's got a girlfriend now