[Verse 1: Bid-calling female MC, bid-calling, fast and sharp] Name is Rae, I sell cattle and I sell 'em by the breath State champion caller, I can chant a man to death Ten years running, me and Dutch, we been trading the belt He win it one year, then I win it, and you know how it felt We don't share a ring, we don't share a stage, we don't share a meal Sale barn on a Saturday, the sawdust and the steel Youth sale running long and the sun going down Last lot of the night is the skinniest steer in town [Verse 2: Deep-voiced male MC, bid-calling, low and rolling] Dutch on the mic, been calling sales since I was nine Got a voice like a gravel road and a hammer on the line I seen the boy, I mean the steer, they call him Pickles, if you please Kid named Junie walked him every morning in the freeze Buyers grabbing hats, they heading out the gate Rae looking over at me, I said, Rae, it ain't too late She picked up a handset, I picked up the spare Ten years of bad blood, now we both standing there [Hook: Bid-calling female MC and deep-voiced male MC, bid-calling, together] Bid it up for the kid, let the whole barn hear Hundred, now the two, now the two, over here Hat in the air and a yep from the back Bid it up, bid it up, and don't you dare go slack [Trade: Bid-calling female MC, bid-calling, her two bars] Two-fifty, now three, now three, will ya give me three Three in the back by the gate, now three-fifty, look at me [Trade: Deep-voiced male MC, bid-calling, his two bars] Feed store in the front with a nod, now four, four, four Bank man in the doorway, now five, gimme five, gimme more [Trade: Bid-calling female MC, bid-calling, her two bars] Six from the vet with the coffee, now seven, now seven, who Seven from the lady with the twins, now eight, now eight, that's you [Hook: Bid-calling female MC and deep-voiced male MC, bid-calling, together] Bid it up for the kid, let the whole barn hear Hundred, now the two, now the two, over here Hat in the air and a yep from the back Bid it up, bid it up, and don't you dare go slack [Bridge: Bid-calling female MC and deep-voiced male MC, ringman yep hits, one hit per yep] Yep in the corner Yep by the scale Yep from the hay Yep at the rail Now the grand champ money looking small in the pen Dutch, take it home, I said Rae, take it again [Final Hook: Bid-calling female MC and deep-voiced male MC, bid-calling, together, all in] Bid it up for the kid, let the whole barn hear Hundred, now the two, now the two, over here Hat in the air and a yep from the back Bid it up, bid it up, and don't you dare go slack [End]
