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Kernals On The Cob

(Words and music by Greg Ryder)
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Ain't a'gonna to work today, don't have no job
Shuckin' way my dreams, kernals on the cob, boy
Kernals on the cob, boy
Kernals on the cob
Shuckin' way my dreams today
Kernals on the cob

Weasals in the chicken koop
Jackels all about
I'd like to get a shot off
Take some of them out, boy
Take some of them out, boy
Take some of them out
I'd like to get a shot off
Take some of them out

And whiskey washes me and it toughens up my soul
And it keeps me satisfied as the river goes, boy
As the river goes, boy
As the river goes
Keeps me satisfied
As the river goes

Well a soul sure needs to work
Somehow I'll find my path
Giving up that foolish pride put me on the map, boy
Put me on the map boy
Well it put me on the map
Giving up that foolish price
Put me on the map

They're making off like bandits while some folks work so hard
Now there ain't no livin' wage, there's a bully in the yard, boy
Bully in the yard boy,
There's a bully in the yard boy,
Now there ain't no livin' wage
There’s a bully in the yard.

And whiskey, wash me, and ou toughen up my soul
Can you keep me satisfied as the river goes, boy
As the river goes, boy
As the river goes
Keeps me satisfied
As the river goes

Now I heard old Nat King Cole say
"As a rule man's a fool
When it's hot he wants it cool
When it's cool he want's it hot
Always wantin' what is not.", boy
Wantin' what is not, boy
Wantin' what is not
As a rule man's a fool
Wantin' what is not
And I heard old Bob Dilan say
"Somethin's out of whack"
He says it in a phrase
Hell, "I need a paragraph" boy
Need a paragraph, boy
I Need a paragraph
Old Dilan says it it a phrase
I need a paragraph.

And whiskey, wash me, and you toughen up my soul
And you keep me satisfied as the river goes, boy
As the river goes, boy
As the river goes
Well keeps me satisfied
As the river goes

Ain't gonna go to work today, don't have no job
Shuckin' way my dreams, kernals on the cob, boy
Kernals on the cob, boy
Kernals on the cob
Shuckin' way my dreams today
Kernals on the cob