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Bootleg Mule

from Live at The Pub by Bone Creek

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WTF? Its not legal yet?

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Bootleg mule by a hound dog caught
It's time to see the judge
and find out what you got

Might be a nickel might be a dime
You go and break the law
you'll end up doing time

Ol' Jim Candy was a bootleg mule
His name well known all over the neighborhood
you could call anytime day or night
He'll come over and he'll get you feeling right
Until the hound dog sniffed him out

I got a letter from Jim one day
had to read between the lines
to find out what it said

Can you get a message to the lawyer man
tell him they got me down
and come as fast as he can

Ol' Jim Candy knew the best defender
Ikabad Serling III was his name
Claims that he never ever lost a case
but once or twice he ended up in second place
Isn't that the same thing?

Bootleg Mule

Officer Righteous
he's the hound dog's man
He waits beside the road and catches what he can

Highway 44
around Springfield, MO
Jim Candy passes by and there the hound dog goes

Sir I see you come from California
I'm wondering why you're traveling all alone
Could it be because you carry contraband
I'd like to have a little look inside your van
I think that you're in trouble now

Back at the station
It's let's make a deal
We know that down the line there's money we can steal
You'll get a bargain
I can tell you that
We save the nicest cells for those willing to rat

Ol' Jim Candy doesn't say a thing
He knows quite well just how the game gets played
I know you want to take money from my friends
And everyone but you loses in the end
You're barking up the wrong tree

Bootleg Mule

It's 60 hours
locked up in the pen
You begin to wonder if the bondsman's coming in

But just after breakfast
on the third day
Jim Candy posts the bail. He's out and on his way

Every stoner in Springfield Missouri
Gonna have a big old smile upon his face
They know the cops are going to take the contraband
and sell it in a minute to the local man
Cali bud for everyone!!

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from Live at The Pub, released July 30, 2021
Words and Music by Matt Davis

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