Get Behind The Mule Lyrics - Mule Variations - Tom Waits

Molly be damned smote jimmy the harp 

With a horrid little pistol and a lariat 

Shes goin to the bottom 

And shes goin down the drain 

Said she wasnt big enough to carry it 

She got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

She got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

She got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

She got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

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Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods 

You gotta meet me by the fall down tree 

Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid 

And I know theyll come lookin for me boys 

And I know theyll come a-lookin for me 

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 

Big jack earl was 81 

He stood in the road and he cried 

He couldnt make her love him 

Couldnt make her stay 

But tell the good lord that he tried 

Photos 

Got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

Dusty trail from atchison to placerville 

On the wreck of the weaverville stage 

Beaula fired on beatty for a lemonade 

I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys 

Stirring my brandy with a nail 

Got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

Well the rampaging sons of the widow james 

Jack the cutter and the pock marked 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 did 

Got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

Punctuated birds on the power line 

In a studebaker with the birdie joe joaks 

Im diggin all the way to china 

With a silver spoon 

While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys 

The hangman fumbles with the noose 

Got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow 

Pin 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 mind 

Got to Get Behind The Mule 

In the morning and plow