The wicked king of clubs awoke
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It was to his queen he 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 pay
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Plain it was she did agree
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He sent his deuce down into diamond
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His four to heart and his trey to spade
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Three kinds with their legions come
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And preparations soon were made
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They voted club the day's commander
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Give him 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 instruction
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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 a man named Mudd
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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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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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The diamond queen saw Mudd's 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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The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed
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And the diamond angel filled Mudd's hole
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The wicked king of clubs himself
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Fell face down in front of Gold
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Three kings come to club's 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 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 her wandering boy
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Mudd, he checked and Gold bet all
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And Mudd, he raised and Gold did call
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The smile just melted on his face
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When Mudd turned over that diamond ace
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Here is what this story's told
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You feel like Mudd, you'll end up Gold
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You feel like lost, you'll end up found
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So amigos, lay those raises down
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Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
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Steve Earle |