[Verse 1: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, backbeat snare] Clean suit, clipboard, shoes that never saw a field Bank man from the county come to see what I can yield Fourth farm on the road he's takin' back this year Three months late on the note and he made it pretty clear Wants to see the bins, so I point him at the ladder Says he grew up on a farm, so I guess it doesn't matter Watch him climb up to the hatch, watch him lean in for a look Then the corn gives way like water, and it swallows him like a hook [Chorus: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, straining to the top] Dig him out, he's still one of us Bring the shovels and the tractor and your kids out of the bus Doesn't matter what he took or what he came here to take Dig him out, dig him out, for the whole town's sake [Verse 2: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, jangling guitars] I ring the church bell and the county comes a-runnin' Every family he served a notice, every one is comin' Pickups in the ditch and the ladder full of men Women with the coffee and the tin to hold the corn in Old man Haskell that he took in June is diggin' first Widow Carver on the auger, she's the one he hurt the worst Every bucket of it out, another bucket's fallin' in Hollerin', hold on, mister, hold on to the tin [Bridge: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, hand in the corn, kick and one guitar] Sun goes low, and nobody talks Shovel, shovel, nobody stops Then a hand comes up through the gold And the whole bin hollers, and he's in our hold [Chorus: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, straining to the top] Dig him out, he's still one of us Bring the shovels and the tractor and your kids out of the bus Doesn't matter what he took or what he came here to take Dig him out, dig him out, for the whole town's sake [Verse 3: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, full band roaring] Pull him up by the collar and his suit is full of corn Coughin' on the hay bale like the day that he was born Looks at every face he's got a folder on his desk Haskell hands him coffee and says drink it, get some rest Monday every notice on the road gets one more year Clean suit's in my kitchen and he's cryin' in his beer [Chorus: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, straining to the top] Dig him out, he's still one of us Bring the shovels and the tractor and your kids out of the bus Doesn't matter what he took or what he came here to take Dig him out, dig him out, for the whole town's sake [Outro: Barn-burning heartland-rock male lead, jangling guitars ring out] He's still one of us [End]
