Billy Strings - Blue Mule (Live)

[Intro]
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Riding with the wind
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She’s come and gone again

[Verse 1]
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Some say she came from Georgia
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Some say from Tennessee
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But there never was another like my old blue mule
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Lord knows there’ll never be

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She could jump right over a mountain
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She could outrun a diesel train
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Her mother was that blue ox, babe
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She was born in the eye of a hurricane

[Verse 2]
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And the only race my blue mule ran
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Was down in Tennessee
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Against Molly and the Tenbrooks
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All the people came to see

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Now Tenbrooks was the favorite
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People said I was a fool
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Riding high, wide and handsome
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On my pretty blue mule

[Chorus]
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule
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Riding with the wind
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She’s come and gone again
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Well around the track like a whirlpool
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Old Molly took the lead
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Then Tenbrooks nosed on out ahead
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Boys, there was a wild stampede

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Coming into the final lap
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Neck and neck it was a duel
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My blue mule started flying
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Which was against the rules

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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When we hit the finish line
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For the very last time around
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I swear my blue mule she came out in front
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Fifty feet from the ground

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The crowd was cheering Tenbrooks
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It was a sight to see
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But overhead and out of sight
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Was my old blue mule and me

[Chorus]
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule
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Riding with the wind
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She’s come and gone again
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Well she never knew that race was run
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She never came back down
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She won that race in outer space
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Not on solid ground

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So when you hear a storm a-raging
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And you hear a mighty wail
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It’s me riding on my old blue mule
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With lighting stinging her tail

[Chorus]
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule
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Riding with the wind
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She’s come and gone again
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Hey, hey, hey blue mule

[Outro]
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Ride on, blue mule
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Ride on, blue mule