Great Joe Bob Lyrics - Terry Allen

He was a panhandle prince 

Schoolboy football king 

I told him "Hi" in the halls 

'Cause he could run them balls 

But it was rumored down deep he was mean 

He dated high tone girls 

With frosty pom pom curls 

But he never gave out his ring 

He was the best of the best 

He met the gridiron test 

An there ain't nothin' 

As American and clean 

He was the pride of the backfield 

Ah, the hero of his day 

Yeah, he carried the ball for the red and blue 

They won District Triple-A 

And his name made all the papers 

As the best they'd ever had 

Yeah, so nobody understood it 

When the great Joe Bob went bad 

First he lost his scholarship 

To Texas Tech 

For drinking during training 

An' breaking the coach's neck 

Then he got suspended 

Ah, for acting obscene 

Around the cum laudy, cum laudy 

Daughter of the Dean 

So he took up with a waitress 

Named Loose Ruby Cole 

While she was a hoppin' tables 

Down at the Hi D Ho 

And he met her on the sly 

When her daddy weren't around 

Ah, but he stopped making yardage 

When he started messin' 'round 

He was the pride of the backfield 

Ah, the hero of his day 

Yeah, he carried the ball for the red and blue 

They won District Triple-A 

And his name made all the papers 

As the best they'd ever had 

Yeah, so nobody understood it 

When the Great Joe Bob went bad 

Yeah, it spread like a country wildfire 

That something big had gone all strange 

Joe Bob the greatest halfback 

Was acting half deranged 

He'd been seen out with this woman 

Gettin' drunk and havin' fun 

Yeah, he growed his hair, then give up prayer 

And said, "Football days is done" 

Then he and old Loose Ruby 

Robbed a Pinkie's Liquor Store 

And had a run in with the law 

When they's runnin' out the door 

And Joe Bob's fate was sealed 

For the next century 

Yeah, he traded in the pigskin 

For the penitentiary 

He was the pride of the backfield 

Ah, the hero of his day 

Yeah, he carried the ball for the red and blue 

But [incomprehensible] carried all the way 

And his name made all the papers 

As the best they'd ever had 

Yeah, so nobody understood it and nobody comprehended 

When the great Joe Bob went bad