Henhouse Lyrics - Grifter's Hymnal - Ray Wylie Hubbard

Tear a lying tongue out by its roots 

feed it to the mice round the chicken coup 

sister come a running to sound the alarm 

there's hell in the hen house and blood in the barn 

Now a damn fox does what a damn fox does 

sneaking and a stealing and looking for a buzz 

and the rooster is a devil with talons and a comb 

when the sun comes up he don't crow, he moans 

The fireworks stared on the fourth of July 

place your bets on which one dies 

the fox is killer, the fowl's a maniac 

they favor small faces to Fleetwood Mac 

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hey, hey 

Mama better let that gravy simmer 

Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner 

feathers are flying all around the farm 

there's hell in the hen house and blood in the barn 

There's a shed out back where grandpa's been 

he's waitin for the south to rise again 

don't light a match if you go inside 

smells like hadacol and formaldehyde 

He's been in this world for a pretty long time 

says 2 nickels ain't worth a dime 

he's slow as molasses, he's wrinkled and mean 

he don't like Yankees or lima beans 

Blackbird swiped him a pocket knife 

he don't care much for the neighbor's wife 

she called him a rube, a cracker and a menace 

worst he ever was was a seventh day Adventist 

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He fell in cahoots with a rock and roll band 

turned up drunk and tattooed in Japan 

he couldn't commit wholly to the devil's side 

his ink reads six six five point nine 

Now back to the rooster and the damned old fox 

one of em's dead like a car on blocks 

Grandpa's a cussing and sister's bout to cry 

blackbird said he was baked in a pie 

Yelling and a squawking and screaming and a bawling 

the phone is ringing, preacher is a calling 

can't talk now there's a ruckus at the gate 

I guess salvation gonna have to wait