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Get Behind the Mule (Live Tulsa 06/25/08)

Molly Be Damned smote Jimmy the Harp

With a horrid little pistol and a lariat

She's goin' to the bottom and she's goin' down the drain

Said she wasn't big enough to carry itShe got to get behind the mule, yeah

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plowChoppity-chop goes the axe in the woods

You gotta meet me by the fall down tree

A shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid

And I know they'll come lookin' for me, boys

I know they'll come lookin' for meGot to get behind the mule, yeah

In the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plowBig Jack Earl was eight foot one

And he stood in the road and he cried

He couldn't make her love him, couldn't make her stay

But tell the good Lord that he triedGot to get behind the mule, yeah

In the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plow, yeah

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plowDusty trail from Atchison to Placerville

On the wreck of the Weaverville stage

Beaulah fired on Beatty for a lemonade

I was stirring my brandy with a nail, boys

Stirring my brandy with a nailGot to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plow

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow, yeah

Get behind the mule in the morning and plowWell, the rampaging sons of the widow James

Jack the Cutter and the Pockmarked Kid

Had to stand naked at the bottom of the cross

And tell the good Lord what they did

Tell the good Lord what they didYou got to get behind the mule, yeah

In the morning and plow

Get behind the mule, yeah, in the morning and plow

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plowPunctuated birds on the power line

In a Studebaker with Birdie Joe Hoaks

I'm diggin' all the way to China with a silver spoon

While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys

The hangman fumbles with the nooseYou got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plow

You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Get behind the mule in the morning and plowPin your ear to the wisdom post

Pin your eye to the line

Never let the weeds get higher than the garden

Always keep a sapphire in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mindYou got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow

Songwriters

KATHLEEN BRENNAN, THOMAS ALAN WAITSPublished by

Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

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