[Verse 1] September threw a fireball across the county sky The whole Midwest looked up at once and wondered why But nobody saw it come to ground, nobody heard it fall It rolled into the tassels and it didn't call at all [Pre-Chorus] Eleven feet of scorched-up crown, lying upside down Where the rows run out toward Morris and the wind blows out of town [Break] [Chorus] It waited in the corn Through the frost and through the rain Burned and quiet, far from home It never once complained Four weeks under open stars The kind it used to ride It waited in the corn Till the harvest opened wide [Verse 2] October and the combine came, the header humming low A farmer saw the metal shine where nothing ought to grow The sheriff said that somebody, way up above his head Knows what it is but won't say, so the field keeps it instead [Bridge] Everything that falls gets found If you leave it long enough Everything that's lost is waiting Somewhere in the rough [Break] [Chorus] It waited in the corn Through the frost and through the rain Burned and quiet, far from home It never once complained Four weeks under open stars The kind it used to ride It waited in the corn Till the harvest opened wide [Outro] It waited in the corn... It waited
