let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil now some of you may not know but a boll weevil is an insect and he s found mostly where cotton grows now where he comes from hmm nobody really knows but this is the way the story goes the farmer said to the boll weevil i see you re on the square boll weevil said to the farmer say yep my whole darn family s here we gotta have a home gotta have a home the farmer said to the boll weevil say why d you pick my farm the weevil just laughed at the farmer and said said we ain t gonna do ya much harm we re looking for a home and the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug he said hey i d like to make a trade with you but you see if i was a lightning bug i d search the whole night through just searchin for a home i d have me plenty of homes and the boll weevil called the farmer and he said you better sell your old machines cause when i m through with your cotton heh you can t even buy gasoline i m gonna stake me a home gotta have a home and the boll weevil said to the farmer said farmer i d like to wish you well farmer said to the boll weevil yeah an i wish that you were in lookin for a home lookin for a home ahh you have a home all right you ll have a home a real hot home