I went down to the grocery store   To get in I had to pay a dime or more   I hadn't yet begun to start   When I had to pay the rent on the shopping cart      Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum   Deedle lee dum de dum dum      Well I let the kids loose on the floor   And they ran round for a while or more   Till the manager with the broken smile   Said it's a dollar down and a quarter an aisle      Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum   Deedle lee dum de dum dum      I was down in the freezer upon my knees   Somebody was yelling that the price got freezed   There was a rioting mob, a strangling hold   I received the bill for the escaping cold      Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum   Deedle lee dum de dum dum      It was about this time that I was goin' insane   I went and picked the kids up in the other lane   Put back the food and ran out of the store   I ain't goin' back to that place no more      Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum   Deedle lee dum de dum dum      Well I'm tellin the truth now, I don't fib   I don't mind no women's lib   But if my woman don't want to go down to the store   The family ain't gonna eat no more      Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum   Deedle lee dum de dum dum