<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Man with the Golden Thumb" (1982) </Td> <Td> "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (1982) </Td> <Td> "The Bird" (1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Man with the Golden Thumb" (1982) </Td> <Td> "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (1982) </Td> <Td> "The Bird" (1982) </Td> </Tr> <P> "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" is a song written by Tim DuBois and recorded by American country music singer Jerry Reed . It was released in June 1982 as the third and final single from the album, The Man with the Golden Thumb . A satire on divorce, the song was Reed's third and final No. 1 country hit in the late summer of 1982, and one of his signature tunes . </P> <P> The song is a tongue - in - cheek reflection on the recent divorce of a blue - collar worker, that role being filled by the song's main protagonist . Here, the man comments about how his marriage (which he admittedly entered into mainly because he did not like his own home - cooked meals and that his girlfriend was a much better cook than him) used to have some good memories, but the lust faded from their relationship after several children were born . He then admits he was not surprised to come home one day to learn his wife had left him, changed the locks to the doors on the house, and gave him only a suitcase with his belongings and a note telling him "Goodbye, turkey! My attorney will be in touch ." </P>

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