well the first time i saw boll weevil he was a sittin on a square well the next time that i saw him he had his whole family there just a lookin for a home well the farmer took the boll weevil and pulled him on the red hot sand well the weevil said it is mighty hot but i take it like a man just a lookin for a home well the weevil said to the farmer sell your old machine when we fill your cup you can buy gasoline just a lookin for a home well if somebody should ask you who it was who sang this song say you set a beating from oklahoma city just a lookin for a home