Corb Lund

Trouble In The Country

Corb Lund


there were signs of a struggle at the rodeo grounds 
there was a body in the bleachers not making no sounds 
blood in the grandstand, blood on the seats 
the county cops called in the mounted police 

there's trouble in the country, trouble country style 
don't blink twice or you'll miss it by a country mile 
trouble in the country, trouble country style 
don't think twice or you'll miss it by a country mile 

we took a bulldogger's money from him playin stook 
but he's an oklahoma thug and he didn't want it took 
pistol came out so we played some more 
lost most of it back to him, headed for the door 

tried to sell my cows but the border got closed 
so we'll tighten up the belt and ride it out i spose 
feedin calved out heifers and their young uns too 
spending money on hay to feed beef i can't use 

larry lost a thumb when he dallied too quick 
at the jackpot ropin down on boundary crick 
when we was all kids that's the first thing we learned! 
that the reata bites and the saddle horn burns 
so it's thumbs up, brother, when you take your turns 
but when the money gets big people get hurt