I curse the day she bought me that old bird   Squawking, talking, telling everything it ever heard   She never would have known about Big Betty Brown and me   But he fowled up and told her some things you won't believe      Oh, my woman moved out on me today   And left that old stool pigeon parrot trembling in his cage   I hollered from the front porch and stopped her at the curb   And the last thing I gave her was the bird      Oh, the last thing I gave her was the bird   And she returned the favor with a few selected words   I don't have to worry now what's being overheard   'Cause the last thing I gave her was the bird      She sat the cage beside her on the seat   And left two streaks of fire stone smoking on the street   The neighbors ran for cover, they could see she was disturbed   'Cause the last thing I gave her was the bird      Oh, the last thing I gave her was the bird   And she returned the favor with a few selected words   I don't have to worry now what's being overheard   'Cause the last thing I gave her was the bird      Oh, the last thing I gave her was the bird   And she returned the favor with a few selected words   I don't have to worry now what's being overheard   'Cause the last thing I gave her was the bird   Yes the last thing I gave her was the bird