CORN phil o’donnell
V1
THEY SAY THE RED MAN SAID TO THE WHITE MAN
IF YOU’RE GONNA SURVIVE IN THIS NEW LAND
GONNA TAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN ALL THE GUN POWDER
AND LEAD YOU CAN FLOAT ON THAT BIG MAYFLOWER
GOTTA PLANT MORE THAN THAT FLAG ON THIS ROCKY SHORE
HERE’S YOU SOME CORN
V2
CLEARED THEM A FIELD AND HOED SOME ROWS
SOWED SOME SEEDS AND BUILT AN OLD SCARECROW
HERE WE ARE FOUR LONG HUNDRED YEARS LATER
COAST TO COAST, TEN BILLION ACRES
CALIFORNIA DOWN TO FLORIDA TO NEW YORK
COVERED IN CORN
CHORUS I:
WE BOX IT, STALK IT, MICROWAVE AND POP IT
BOIL IT AFTER SHUCKIN’ IT ON THE FRONT PORCH
STEAM IT, CREAM IT, SACK IT UP AND FEED IT
TO CHICKENS, COWS, SOWS AND WILD BOARS
BOW YOUR HEAD AND THANK THE LORD FOR CORN
V3
WHITE LIGHTNIN’ STRUCK IN TENNESSEE
THE NIGHT A HILLBILLY STUMBLED ON A RECIPE
DROPPED A COB OR TWO IN SUGAR AND WATER
BOILED IT AND RAN THROUGH A ROLL OF COPPER
TOOK A SWIG AND WOUND UP FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR
SAID IT WAS THE CORN
REPEAT CHORUS