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Mr Gold and Mr Mud
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by Townes Van Zandt
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The wicked king of clubs awoke
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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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He give 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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'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud
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Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
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'til his long, green eyes did glow
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Mud 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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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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prayed to the angels every one
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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 Mud he checked and Gold bet all
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and Mud he raised and Gold did call
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and the smile just melted off his face
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when Mud 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 Mud 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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Mr Gold and Mr Mud
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Townes Van Zandt |