[ti:Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold]
[ar:Steve Earle]
[al:Townes]

[00:01.12]Steve Earle - Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
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[00:09.46]Well the wicked king of clubs awoke
[00:12.04]And it was to his queen turned
[00:13.91]His lips were laughing as they spoke
[00:16.35]His eyes like bullets burned
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[00:18.45]The sun's upon a gambling day
[00:20.22]His queen smiled low and blissfully
[00:22.22]Let's make some wretched fool to play
[00:24.05]Plain it was she did agree
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[00:26.57]He send his deuce down into diamond
[00:28.84]His four to hart, and his trey to spade
[00:31.34]Three kings with their legions come
[00:33.32]Preparations soon where made
[00:35.22]
[00:35.52]They voted club the days commander
[00:37.83]Gave him an army face and number
[00:39.99]All but the outlaw jack of diamonds
[00:41.71]And the aces in the sky
[00:43.74]
[00:52.43]Well, he gave his sevens first instructions
[00:54.52]Spirit me a game of stud
[00:56.68]Stakes unscarred by limitation
[00:58.62]Between a man named Gold and man named Mud
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[01:01.16]Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
[01:03.00]Till his long, green eyes did glow
[01:05.14]And Mudd was left with the sighs and trembles
[01:07.74]Watching his hard earned money go
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[01:10.05]Flushes fell on Gold like water
[01:11.84]Tens they paired and paired again
[01:13.90]But the aces only flew through heaven
[01:16.02]And the diamond jack called no man friend
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[01:18.47]Now, the Diamond Queen saw Muds ordeal
[01:20.90]Began to think of her long lost son
[01:22.97]Fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
[01:24.94]And prayed to the angels every one
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[01:27.12]Now, the Diamond Queen, she prayed and prayed
[01:29.37]And the Diamond Angel filled Muds hole
[01:31.29]The wicked King of Clubs himself
[01:33.58]Fell in face down in front of Gold
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[01:35.77]Now, three kings come to Clubs command
[01:37.84]But the angels from the sky did ride
[01:40.34]Three kings up on the streets of Gold
[01:42.10]Three fireballs on the muddy side
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[01:44.50]The club queen heard her husband's call
[01:46.60]But Lord, that Queen of Diamond's joy
[01:48.74]When the outlaw in the heavenly hall
[01:50.86]Turned out to be a wandering boy
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[01:53.06]Now, Mudd he checked and Gold bet all
[01:55.43]And Mudd he raised and Gold did call
[01:57.16]And the smile just melted on his face
[01:59.53]When Mudd turned over that diamond ace
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[02:01.77]Now, here's what this story's told
[02:03.66]If you feel like Mudd you'll end up Gold
[02:06.09]If you feel like lost, you'll end up found
[02:08.08]So amigo, lay them raises down
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