Rad Gumbo Lyrics

-- Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, Martin Kibbee, Sam Clayton, Ken Gradney, Neon Park 

If you walk in right off the street 
You can take the load right off your feet 
Mamma bring the menu to your seat 
But the bill of fare be short & Seet 
  
Won't find no etouffe 
Mamm never ever could cook that way 
She's all ancien regime 
No nouvell cuisine 
  
She's cooking gumbo 
A mighty rad gumbo 
It's the only way she can go 
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo 
  
Now the heads and shells stay in the stock 
She stirs her roux and really rocks 
One gallon shellfish stock or water 
Man this gumbo is made to order 
  
Two toes of garlick finely chopped 
Man this party just can't be stopped 
Mamma's pots are boiling, band starts to blow 
Piano keys flying like Fats Domino 
  
She's cooking gumbo 
A mighty rad gumbo 
It's the only way she can go 
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo 
  
Oh no, no escargot, no cordon bleu 
This ain't the place to go lookin' for beef stew 
But if you like tender shrimp and rice 
If ya think ya can stand the spice 
  
She's cooking gumbo 
A mighty rad gumbo 
  
Now people come from miles around 
To see what Mamma's puttin' down 
Everybody knows her name 
She in the seafood hall of fame 
  
I gotta get that recipe 
If it means the death of me 
Get my spyboy to sneak a look 
Into Mamma's book 
  
She's cooking gumbo 
A mighty rad gumbo 
It's the only way she can go 
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo 
  
She's cooking gumbo 
A mighty rad gumbo 
It's the only way she can go 
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo