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Steve Earle - Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold |
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Well the wicked king of clubs awoke |
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And it was to his queen turned |
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His lips were laughing as they spoke |
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His eyes like bullets burned |
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The sun's upon a gambling day |
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His queen smiled low and blissfully |
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Let's make some wretched fool to play |
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Plain it was she did agree |
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He send his deuce down into diamond |
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His four to hart, and his trey to spade |
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Three kings with their legions come |
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Preparations soon where made |
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They voted club the days commander |
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Gave him an army face and number |
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All but the outlaw jack of diamonds |
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And the aces in the sky |
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Well, he gave his sevens first instructions |
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Spirit me a game of stud |
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Stakes unscarred by limitation |
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Between a man named Gold and man named Mud |
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Club filled Gold with greedy vapors |
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Till his long, green eyes did glow |
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And Mudd was left with the sighs and trembles |
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Watching his hard earned money go |
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Flushes fell on Gold like water |
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Tens they paired and paired again |
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But the aces only flew through heaven |
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And the diamond jack called no man friend |
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Now, the Diamond Queen saw Muds ordeal |
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Began to think of her long lost son |
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Fell to her knees with a mother's mercy |
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And prayed to the angels every one |
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Now, the Diamond Queen, she prayed and prayed |
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And the Diamond Angel filled Muds hole |
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The wicked King of Clubs himself |
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Fell in face down in front of Gold |
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Now, three kings come to Clubs command |
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But the angels from the sky did ride |
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Three kings up on the streets of Gold |
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Three fireballs on the muddy side |
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The club queen heard her husband's call |
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But Lord, that Queen of Diamond's joy |
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When the outlaw in the heavenly hall |
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Turned out to be a wandering boy |
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Now, Mudd he checked and Gold bet all |
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And Mudd he raised and Gold did call |
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And the smile just melted on his face |
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When Mudd turned over that diamond ace |
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Now, here's what this story's told |
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If you feel like Mudd you'll end up Gold |
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If you feel like lost, you'll end up found |
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So amigo, lay them raises down |
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