Townes Van Zandt - Mr. Gold And Mr. Mud Lyrics
The wicked king of clubs awokeit was to his queen turnedhis lips were laughing as they spokehis eyes like bullets burnedthe sun's upon a gambling dayhis queen smiled low and blissfullylet's make some wretched fool to playplain it was she did agreeHe send his deuce down into diamondhis four to hart, and his trey to spadethree kings with their legions comepreparations soon where madethey voted club the days commandergave him an army face and numberall but the outlaw jack of diamondsand the aces in the skyHe give his sevens first instructionsspirit me a game of studstakes unscarred by limitation'tween a man named Gold and man named MudClub filled Gold with greedy vapors'til his long, green eyes did glowMud was left with the sighs and trembleswatching his hard earned money goFlushes fell on Gold like watertens they paired and paired againbut the aces only flew through heavenand the diamond jack called no man friendThe diamond queen saw Muds ordealbegan to think of her long lost sonfell to her knees with a mother's mercyprayed to the angels every oneThe diamond queen, she prayed and prayedand the diamond angel filled Muds holethe wicked king of clubs himselffell in face down in front of Goldnow three kings come to Clubs commandbut the angels from the sky did ridethree kings up on the streets of Goldthree fireballs on the muddy sideThe club queen heard her husband's callbut Lord that queen of diamond's joywhen the outlaw in the heavenly hallturned out to be a wandering boyNow Mud he checked and Gold bet all-ac
