Corn Cob Blues - John Hartford

Well the cowboy promoted the weddin' you know

Between the songs on his rock and roll show

The groom was thin and the bride was a tease

They courted to the sound of his latest release

They both were members of the backup crew

The thin man a thinkin' them corn cob blues

Well the rain came down and the crowd was slow

And the cowboy hollered and he stubbed his toe

Signs on trees from here to town

Hurricane Apple couldn’t knock them down

The thin man stands in a waterlogged shoes

And a keeps on thinkin' them corn cob blues

Well the cowboy sweats and he walks the aisle

Watchin' his money in a sticky pile

He tears his napkin there at the gate

He promoted the weddin' for two weeks straight

The thin man looks while the law comes through

And he keeps on studyin' them corn cob blues

Well the bride sits there and she looks at the star

A hound dog licks his trusty guitar

The drummer tunes to the key of G

The fiddle player works for free

While scrapin' old popcorn off a his shoes

The thin man hums them corn cob blues

Mama makes the coffee boil

It’s just as thick as crankcase oil

The cowboy sends her a kiss and a flower

He drinks ten cups every quarter hour

The thin man wonders if he’s addin' booze

And he whistles out loud them corn cob blues

Well brother got mad at the skinny one

And the cowboy too for all of his fun

So brother talked to the bride back stage

And he talked of love in a white hot rage

The thin man wondered if her love he’d lose

And he wrote another verse to the corn cob blues

Well the thin man smoked and he looked at his knees

And he wondered if the crowd would all be pleased

When the sun comes up on another day

And he and the bride were far away

He didn’t think the cowboy’d ever get through

So he could lose them corn cob blues