After My Second Divorce

by Robert Earl Thomas

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I was comin' up slowly from a weekend alone
with nothing to do and nowhere to go
when I arrived at this rodeo
after my second divorce.

I watched as the crowd rose a hand in the air
to answer the query the emcee had left there.
I could not believe, and people I swear, he asked
"Who here has been twice divorced?"

Well the mamas and the daddies of course
but also the cowboy and horse,
the boot and the spur on the floor,
the spoon and the fork in the drawer.

For a moment I wasn't so blue
at a rodeo with the people who
knew all about number two.
We were all on our second divorce.

Now I'm stuck on the bus in the roadwork downtown
just hangin' the strap and looking around
when a billboard ahead made me think all about
after my second divorce.

Well the placard was hung on the side of the store
the lawyer said, "Come, we'll help with the chore
of deciding where and when to detour.
We'll do your second divorce."

For a moment I was back in the throes
of that red dirt rodeo
and the mamas and the daddies that know
what it means to let go.

And it's me on the old number two
crossing town so I can see you.
Yeah maybe I could've sued
and maybe the third times the charm.

credits

released October 11, 2022
Robert Earl Thomas - lead vocal and acoustic guitar
Keven Louis Lareau - cowboy choir and electric guitar
Connor "Catfish" Gallaher - pedal steel
Noel Friesen - bass
Pierce Gibson - drums

Recorded by Ian Doerr in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed by Rick Spataro in Catskill, NY

Photograph by Michael Stasiak
Text and Design by Paul Dally

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An '88 Chicago birth.

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