A Chair at the County Fair

They put my brother on the bill Before the river took him home I almost called to say I couldn't Then found his capo by the phone I brought his chair behind the stage And set my guitar on my knee There's a chair at the county fair For the song he left me there I can sing it with the ache Let it tremble, let it stay The first verse broke before the end A woman hummed it from the grass The drummer found the beat again And I could feel the evening pass There's a chair at the county fair For the song he left me there I can sing it with the ache Let it tremble, let it stay I didn't hear him in the wind Or see a sign behind the lights I saw the people listening And that was more than enough tonight There's a chair at the county fair For the song he left me there I can sing it with the ache Let it tremble, let it stay I folded up his empty chair And carried both guitars from there