I was of poor folk 
But my mother had a rabbit fur coat 
And a girl of less character pushed her down the L.A. River 
Hand over that rabbit fur coat 

She put a knife to her throat 
Hand over that rabbit fur coat 
When my ma refused, the girl kicked dirt on her blouse 
Stay away from my mansion house 

My mother really suffered for that 
Spent her life in a gold plated body cast 
Now, you ask, did she get that girl back? 
She paid a visit to that mansion house 

She knew the girl was not there 
But her father was in cufflinks with slicked-back black hair 
He invited her in, they never sang a note 
But she took off that rabbit fur coat 

And who do you think came home? 
Miss so and so 
She took one look at my ma and what did she say? 
""Why are you stealing from my mansion house?"" 

No, I'm in love with Mr. so and so 
He invited me in, I'm a girl no more 
Then she dragged my ma out by her throat 
Hand over that rabbit fur coat 

Let's move ahead twenty years, shall we? 
She was waitressing on welfare, we were living in the valley 
A lady says to my ma you treat your girl as your spouse 
You can live in a mansion house 

And so we did 
And I became a 100.000 dollar kid 
When I was old enough to realize, wiped the dust from my mother's eyes 
It's all this for that rabbit fur coat 

But I'm not bitter about it 
I've packed up my things and let them have at it 
And the fortune faded, as fortunes often do 
And so did that mansion house 

Where my ma is now, I don't know 
She was living in her car, I was living on the road 
And I hear she's putting that stuff up her nose 
And still wearing that rabbit fur coat 

But mostly I'm a hypocrite 
I sing songs about the deficit 
But when I sell out and leave Omaha, what will I get? 
A mansion house and a rabbit fur coat