Raise a Glass to the Fool v2

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Bobby Gene was born on a Tuesday

Half a mind to raise some hell

Sheriff Wade kept a wanted poster

With Bobby's face and a crooked smile

He stole the mayor's prize tomatoes

Painted red the water tower twice

Sheriff said boy I'm gonna lock you

Somewhere quiet for a long long while

Chorus

The sheriff wants the cuffs

The preacher wants the prayer

The fool just wants a good time

And a little bit of air

Law and faith and foolishness

All in one small town

The sheriff wants the cuffs

The preacher wants the prayer

Post-Chorus

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Verse 2

Preacher Amos took him by the collar

Said son your soul is going south

Bobby nodded like he listened

Then spit tobacco off his mouth

Meanwhile cotton rotted in the valley

Drought came crawling like a thief

Every careful plan they drafted

Fell apart like autumn leaves

Chorus

Nobody trusts a troublemaker

Nobody bets on the clown

Can the sheriff keep his patience

Can the preacher keep him down

Everybody's asking questions

Everybody's turning cold

Nobody trusts a troublemaker

Till the story's told

Post-Chorus

Whoa oh Bobby Gene

Whoa oh Bobby Gene

Verse 3

Then the river choked with poison

Cattle staggering on their knees

Council argued into midnight

Bobby stared at the old peach trees

Grabbed a shovel and a toolbox

Said the beavers had it right

Rerouted every creek and channel

In the middle of a moonless night

Chorus

Come on run with me

Come on run with me

Dynamite and daylight

Gonna set the water free

Come on run with me

Come on run with me

If a fool can move a mountain

Then a town can move the sea

Post-Chorus

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Guitar Solo

Verse 4

Sheriff dropped his badge in the dirt

Said I guess I had you wrong

Preacher shook his hand and laughed

Said boy you've been right all along

Now the whole town's on the hillside

Digging ditches side by side

Ribbons tied on every fence post

Every window open wide

Chorus

Raise a glass to the fool

Raise a glass to the fool

Forgive the law forgive the church

Forgive the stubborn school

Raise a glass to the fool

Raise a glass to the fool

Ain't no hero quite as strange

Ain't no heart as full

Post-Chorus

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Hey hey Bobby Gene

Guitar Outro