Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mississippi Flush lyrics

Well, they got a little game
Called Five Card Draw
They take it serious in Arkansas
You can make a little money wagerin' on cards
You can't get to Heaven livin' this hard

Deliver me from my sorrow and shame
Release me from my burden and pain

It's a one-eyed Jack, the Suicide King
The Ace of Spades and two black Queens
Never draw to an inside straight
I feel a ten's knockin' at the gate

Deliver me from my sorrow and shame
Release me from my burden and pain

Oh, blackbird, blackbird, fly away home
Say a prayer over Saint John's bones
Tell the gamblers they're gonna die alone
Blackbird, blackbird, fly away home
Blackbird, blackbird, come back again
Don't tell mama where I've been
Goin' to the river, I'm gonna jump in
Blackbird, blackbird, come back again

It's an Ace High Straight and
All the same suit
Read 'em and weep, this hand can't lose
Somebody said it ain't good enough
'Cause that don't beat a Mississippi Flush
Mr ledbetter, will you tell me again
What's a Mississippi flush and how's
It beat this hand? He said they don't ask
Questions in the graveyard
It's a small revolver and any five cards

Deliver me from my sorrow and shame
Release me from my burden and pain

Oh, blackbird, blackbird, fly away home
Say a prayer over Saint John's bones
Tell the gamblers they're gonna die alone
Blackbird, blackbird, fly away home
Blackbird, blackbird, come back again
Don't tell mama where I've been
Goin' to the river, I'm gonna jump in
Blackbird, blackbird, come back again