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Black mule Lyrics by Grant McLennan

Watershed

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The neighing of the horses in the moonlight woke him up
There was a line of ice across his cup
Except for the wind in the corn, the world was perfectly still
The moon hung over the window sill
Ride on black mule
Four men on horses came riding up;
They dragged him out into the clearing
They said, "Listen here mister, if you don't give us all your gold
We're gonna give you a hell of a beating"
Ride on black mule
Just then a nun on a black mule came riding by;
She said: "Oh Gentlemen, what are you doing?
If you don't leave that man alone
I'm going to punish you for evil-doing"
Ride on black mule
Well, you know bad men; they never listen
They went up in a puff of brimstone
She cut him down, she led him by the hand to a cave
Took him into a world of limestone
Ride on black mule
She bathed his wounds. She put salt on his back
She read to him from a great big book
When he was healed, she led him by the hand
Said, "Go into the world and take a look"
Ride on black mule
He was walking down a Beirut street when a car-bomb blew him up
Oh, life can be cruel
When they took him to the mortuary to identify his fingerprints
All they found were the hoofprints of a mule
Ride on black mule
Ride on black mule
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Grant McLennan

Grant McLennan

About “Black mule” by Grant McLennan

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"Black mule" appears on "Watershed".

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