Intro To The The Chili Song

It is time, it is time
So I was talking about our 8:06 song
And we're gonna do this song as many times as it takes
To get it done right
Because this is—this song is the entire reason we did this record
Um
So, I really don't—if you guys wanna—this might take a while
Hopefully we'll nail it the first time, but
We're gonna do it as many times as it takes, um
There's uh—we did—like I said, we did this Lubbock songwriting retreat
And there's a lot of special songs that
Songs that came out of the songwriting retreat
And me and—and me and, uh—me and Charlie Stoute
Were—we were at the bar near Larry Joe's place
And we were writing this song, and the song sucked
And, uh, it was awful
And we both were just having a miserable
Time because I thought it sucked
But I didn't want him to know that I thought it sucked
And he thought it sucked, but he didn't want me to know that it sucked
And finally I was like, "This sucks"
And he was like, "I totally agree, this sucks"
And, um
And so we started talking about songwriting
And of course we talked a lot about Kent
And, uh—come on up, come over here, Charlie, um
Take his chair, um
And so we're sitting there and—and like I said
Charlie was with Kent a lot in his—his last years
And—and so we got to talking about Kent, and I was
Like, "We need to write a song that Kent would love"
And I said, "What does Kent love?"
And Charlie goes, "Well, Kent loved chili"
And Kent was a huge advocate
He'd always say, "If you put beans in your chili
You don't know beans about making chili"
And this is my protest song
This is as political as I will ever get on stage
And that is my promise to you
And like I said, we're gonna do this song as many times as it takes
Uh, because the words are really complicated for me
But we're gonna try, so we'll see what happens
Let me make sure I'm in tune real quick
This song is called "Don't Put No Beans In My Chili"

If anybody wants to argue with you about
Beans belonging in chili, it's like, it's okay
Now, I like chili beans
Chili beans is great, there's nothing wrong with chili beans
But it's not possible to have chili with beans in it
It's like—it can't exist, like it doesn't—if it has beans
In it, it's not called chili, it's called chili beans
I like chili beans
What you've made—Kent used to say, "
You haven't made chili, you've made stew"
Kent would fight you about this
Oh no, he was very serious about his chili
No, I've never seen him throw people out of the bar
His son Sterling—his son Sterling is here
And every—every Thanksgiving—where's Sterling
At tonight? Raise your hand if you're, uh
If you're Sterling, raise your hand
Oh, hey Sterling
Oh, there's a pole
But was it Thanksgiving or Christmas?
Y'all would do chili cook-off every Christmas? Thanksgiving?
And, um—y'all still do?
I would love to be invited to that someday
I'd bring a shitload of beans
So this is called "The Chili Song," so
Let's, uh—let's see what happens here