(As sung by Wood 'n' Strings - Okanagan Bluegrass Band Wood 'n' Strings web page... in BC, Canada.) Transcribed from 999's link:


PRAYING MANTIS LOVE AFFAIR
by Leroy Mack

1. I want a love that's lasting and not for just a day,
The kind of love the two of us can share.
Though it might not last forever, let's try to make it there,
'Cause I don't want a praying mantis love affair.

CHORUS: The female mantis eats her mate when they're through makin' love.
There's nothing left but fingernails and hair.
I want an all consuming love, but let's draw the line somewhere,
'Cause I don't want a praying mantis love affair.

2. I saw it on a nature show last night on my TV,
'Cause I couldn't find the hockey game nowhere.*
When I saw that lady mantis chewing on her boyfriend's leg,
It looked like an old girlfriend over there.*

CHORUS

TAG: Yes, I don't want a praying mantis love affair.


* Another forum had partial lyrics using "football" and "my former wife".