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Don't Mess With a Mule

from One Can Wreck It All by Bad Temper Joe

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Watch your step, boy, don't act like a fool
Watch your step, boy, don't act like a fool
Bootleg Sam had a shop across town
The law went there and closed it down
Well, watch your step, boy, don't act like a fool, I mean
Don't mess with a mule

Don't take a risk, boy, just play by the rules
Don't take a risk, boy, just play by the rules
The liquor he sold for twenty cent
Well, it made a snail jump the fence
So, don't take a risk, boy, just play by the rules, I mean
Don't mess with a mule

Leave the booze, boy, just eat your gruel
Leave the booze, boy, just eat your gruel
Never smelled nothing that smelled that bad
Now that he's gone everybody's glad
Well, leave the booze, boy, just eat your gruel, I mean
Don't mess with a mule

Stagger your sleep, boy, take care of the cruel
Stagger your sleep, boy, take care of the cruel
Well here's my advice:
In the end not everybody will forgive a sin
So, stagger your sleep, boy, take care of the cruel, I mean
Don't mess with a mule, I mean
Don't mess with a mule

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from One Can Wreck It All, released March 12, 2021
Bad Temper Joe - vocals, guitar
Washboard Wolf - washboard, kick drum, percussion

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Bad Temper Joe Bielefeld, Germany

If you seek some of Europe's finest blues and roots artists, songwriters and guitarists, look no further than Germany's Bad Temper Joe. While honoring the old bluesmen from the Mississippi Delta, Bad Temper Joe brings the blues into the 21st Century – and does so with excellent songwriting, a powerful performance, and staying true to the tradition. ... more

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