Song Description

Reggae-rock style Tom Waits-esque track about no longer being taken for a fool.

Lyrics

I'm a mule, I'm a mule, I ain't nothin' but a mule
Just a-carryin' your load
On the road up ahead, there's a desert full of dead where our love once flowed
I'm a mule, I'm a mule I'm as stubborn as a mule
And I got a mighty kick
And the way that you use me berate me and abuse, wanna crush you like a tick

All this time I've been your special fool
Now it's so clear I'm your mule

What goes around will come around it's gonna happen to you
I won't be your mule no more
Keep it up, keep it up if you never ever change, real bad things'll happen to you
You gonna find out what's in store, oh yeah

I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I ain't nothin' but a dog
Been as faithful as a hound
But the things you said, well I'd be better off dead, you're desecratin' holy ground
I'm a dog, I'm a dog I'm as cunning as a dog
And I got a mighty bite
You're treatin' me bad and I been done with bein' had, wanna crush you like a mite

All this time I've lived inside a fog
Now it's so clear I'm your dog

What goes around will come around it's gonna happen to you
I won't be your dog no more
Keep it up, keep it up if you never ever change, real bad things'll happen to you
You gonna find out what's in store, oh yeah

INST

I'm a bird, I'm a bird, I'll be flying like a bird
That's a-what I'm gonna do
You can find someone else or you can do it all yourself I don't care, I'm through
I'm a bird, I'm a bird, I'll be flying like a bird
I'll be singin' from a tree
And when you're lookin' all around, like a bird I'll be gone, I'll be gone away and free
Yeah, gone away and free.

Music/Lyrics by Jim Ferrie © 2016 Jim Ferrie Music