
Date of issue: 07.03.2017
Record label: Old Stars
Song language: English
Mean as Hell |
The devil in hell we’re told was chained a thousand years he there remained |
He neither complain nor did he groan but was determined to start a hell of his |
own |
Where he could torment the souls of men without being chained in a prison pen |
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand anything left when he made this land |
The Lord said yes there’s a plenty of hand but if I left it down by the Rio |
Grande |
The fact is ol' boy the stuff is so poor |
I don’t think you could use it as the hell anymore |
But the devil went down to look at the truck |
And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck |
For after lookin' that over carefully and well he said this place is too dry |
for hell |
But in order to get it off his hand the Lord promised the devil to water the |
land |
So trade was closed and deed was given and the Lord went back to his home in |
heaven |
And the devil said now I got all what’s needed to make it good hell and he |
succeeded |
He began by putting thorns all over the trees |
He mixed up the sand with millions of fleas |
He scattered tarantulas along the road put thorns on cactus and horns on toad |
Lengthened the horns of the Texas steer put an addition to the rabbits ear |
Put a little devil in the bronco steed and poisoned the feet of the centipede |
The rattlesnake bites you the scorpion stings |
The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings |
The sunburst are there and so the ants |
And if you sit down you’ll need have soles on your pants |
The wild boar rooms on a black chaparral it’s a hell of a place that he has for |
hell |
The heat in the summers are hundred and ten too hot for the devil too hot for |
men |
The red pepper grows upon the banks of the brook |
The Mexican use it in all that he cook |
Just dine it with one of 'em and you’re bound to shout |
I’ve hell on the inside as well as it out |
My hands are calloused July to July I use a Big Dipper to navigate by |
Fight off the wolves to drink from my well so I have to be mean as hell |
A sheep herder came and put up the fence |
I saw him one day but I ain’t seen him since |
But if you’re needin' mutton we’ve got mutton to sell |
We’re cowpunchers and we’re mean as hell |
Neither me nor my pony’s got a pedigree but he takes me where I’m wantin' to be |
I’ll ride him to death and when he is fell I’ll get me another one mean as hell |
I shot me a calf and I cut off her head |
Cause the boys in the bunkhouse are waitin' to be fed |
They rise in chime with the five thirty bell |
And the best one of any of 'em is mean as hell |
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