By: jimmy buffett   1973   Lookin' back at my hard luck days   I really do have to laugh   Workin' in a dive for twenty six dollars   Spendin' it all on grass   We were hungry hard-luck heroes   Tryin' just to stay alive   We'd go down to the corner grocery   This is how we'd survive      Chorus:   Who's gonna steal the peanut butter   I'll get the can of sardines   Runnin' up and down the aisle of the mini mart   Stickin' food in our jeans   We never took more than we could eat   There was plenty left on the rack   We all swore if we ever got rich   We would pay the mini mart back   Yes sir! yes sir!   We would pay the mini mart back      It was a two man operation   Had it all down on a note   Ricky would watch that big round mirror   And I'd fill up my coat   Then we'd head for the check-out aisle   With a lemon and a bottle of beer   Into the car, got to make it on home   Suppertime's getting near      Chorus:   So who's gonna steal the peanut butter   I'll get the can of sardines   Runnin' up and down the aisle of the mini mart   Stickin' food in our jeans   Never took more than we could eat   There was plenty left on the rack   We all swore if we ever got rich   We would pay the mini mart back   Yes sir! yes sir!   We would pay the mini mart back      I guess every good picker has had some hard times   I sure had my share   It's really kinda funny to laugh at 'em now   But I don't want to go back there   So every now and then when I'm in the grocery   I'll take a little but not much   'cause you never know when those hard times'll hitcha   And I don't want to lose my touch      Chorus:   So who's gonna steal the peanut butter   I'll get the can of sardines   Runnin' up and down the aisle of the mini mart   Stickin' food in our jeans   We never took more than we could eat   There was plenty left on the rack   We all swore if we ever got rich   We would pay the mini mart back   Yes sir! yes sir!   We would pay the mini mart back   Yes sir, yes sir   We would pay the mini mart back