Yeah said the red man said to the white man If you're gonna survive in this new land It's gonna take a little more than all the gun powder And lead you can float on that big mayflower It's gonna take more than that flag on this rocky shore Here's you some corn Cleared them a field and hoed some rows He put up a fence and built an old scarecrow Now here we are four hundred long years later Yeah we're coast to coast, ten billion acres From california down to florida to new york Yeah we just covered in corn Yeah we box it, stalk it, microwave and pop it Boil it after we shuck it out on the front porch Some steam it, cream it, sack it up and feed it To the chickens, cows, sows and the wild boars Ah, thank the lord for corn Now white lightnin' struck here in tennessee The night a hillbilly stumbled on a recipe Yeah dropped a cob or two in sugar and water He boiled it and ran it through a roll of copper He took a little swig and wound up face down on the floor Blamed it on the corn Yeah we box it, stalk it, microwave and pop it Boil it after we shuck it out on the front porch Some steam it, cream it, sack it up and feed it To the chickens, cows, sows and the wild boars Ah, thank the lord for corn Yeah we box it, stalk it, microwave and pop it Boil it after we shuck it out on the front porch Some steam it, cream it, sack it up and feed it To the chickens, cows, sows and the wild boars Ah thank the lord for corn, ah yeah Thank god for the corn farmers in this country And the co-op, and the tractor supply And all them mom and pop grocery stores For keepin' us in corn