Watch Sturgill Simpson and Stephen Colbert Pitch to Waffle House

If you've found yourself scattered, smothered and covered and in need of a meal to set your night right, chances are you've dropped in at a Waffle House in the wee hours of the morning. Perhaps you've noticed that their jukebox now includes a catalog of self-referential songs — not kidding, the House has its own record label. 

Following his recent support of Jason Isbell's saddest country song ever, Stephen Colbert and his team put together a little ditty that they hope will make it on Awful Waffle jukeboxes nationwide. "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Knuckleheads" lays down the rules for patrons in all their various states of sobriety — all the more authoritatively since it's sung by country ace Sturgill Simpson.

Below, see Colbert and Simpson duet on the song with the Late Show house band Jon Batiste and Stay Human providing some extra thump and swagger. Afterwards, see Simpson and his band, augmented by a delectably gritty horn section, romp through "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)," the lead single from their hot-off-the-presses record A Sailor's Guide to Earth. Consider it a preview of what to expect when they roll into the Ryman for two nights at the end of October.