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The neighing of the horses in the moonlight woke him up. |
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There was a line of ice across his cup. |
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Except for the wind in the corn, the world was perfectly still. |
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The moon hung over the window sill. |
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Ride on black mule. |
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Four men on horses came riding up; |
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They dragged him out into the clearing. |
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They said, "Listen here mister, if you don't give us all your gold, |
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We're gonna give you a hell of a beating". |
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Ride on black mule. |
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Just then a nun on a black mule came riding by; |
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She said: "Oh Gentlemen, what are you doing? |
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If you don't leave that man alone, |
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I'm going to punish you for evil-doing". |
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Ride on black mule. |
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Well, you know bad men; they never listen. |
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They went up in a puff of brimstone. |
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She cut him down, she led him by the hand to a cave, |
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Took him into a world of limestone. |
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Ride on black mule. |
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She bathed his wounds. She put salt on his back. |
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She read to him from a great big book. |
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When he was healed, she led him by the hand, |
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Said, "Go into the world and take a look". |
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Ride on black mule. |
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He was walking down a Beirut street when a car-bomb blew him up. |
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Oh, life can be cruel. |
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When they took him to the mortuary to identify his fingerprints, |
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All they found were the hoofprints of a mule. |
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Ride on black mule. |
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Ride on black mule. |
