GOT TROUBLE IN THE HENHOUSE*
Written by Tom Hambridge
As recorded by Tom Hambridge and the Rattlesnakes on "Tom Hambridge and the Rattlesnakes – Live" (2007)

I got trouble down at my henhouse; the rooster left town.
The chicks are goin' crazy; they won't settle down.
They chased me 'round the barnyard so I put 'em in the coop,
But next thing I know, they want the cock-a-doodle-doo.

I got trouble in the henhouse,
Trouble at the henhouse,
Trouble, trouble, trouble, I got chicks all over me.

Trouble in the henhouse; I don't know what to do.
Nothin' but cluckin' since my rooster flew.
Trouble in the barnyard, it's got me so uptight.
The chicks they drive me crazy; they need layin' ev'ry night.

I got trouble in the henhouse,
Trouble in the henhouse.
Trouble, trouble, trouble, I got chicks all over me.

They won't let me be, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Chicks all around me layin' ev'ry night.
Ev'ry time I turn around, I'm breakin' up a fight.
I'm damned if I don't; I'm damned if I do.
Mornin' noon an' night they want the cock-a-doodle-do.


* it appears on the album as "Trouble in the Henhouse" but it's listed at ASCAP as "Got Trouble in the Henhouse." I decided to list it here as "Got..." to help distinguish it from another song called "Trouble in the Henhouse" written by Billy Briggs & Kathering Briggs.