Tilly, Prose Mary and The Diamond Jack1.The evening sun was shining, through the window of the last card game in townUncle John he had a straight flush, and everyone was putting money downMary wrote a poem, she could sense that thing weren't rightOne man he was chiming, he'd drawn diamonds near all nightNobody was smiling, except maybe the Diamond Jack2. Uncle John he put his cards down, there were gasps of resentment in the airThe word was going 'round, that the way he played might not be fairTilly put her drink aside, and tried to calm things downUncle John he stood up, as someone fired a roundNo one knew for sure, but folks were looking to the Diamond Jack3.The Diamond Jack was smiling, he'd never told a soul from whence he cameSome said he was raised by wolves, other that selling watches was his gameTilly she had fancy clocks, that you could not buy in townAnd she had one in particular, that was gold just like a crownBut Prose Mary's pen was flashing, and rhyming at the Diamond Jack4. Cousin Vinnie he came in staggering, leaned on the bar, and stole the nearest drinkThe Bartender he was wary, he was looking now at Tilly, by the sinkTilly dropped the glass she held, it crashed down to the floorVinnie never looked around, he was strung out on drink and moreHe was singing a song he wrote, about Tilly and the Diamond Jack5. Vinnie never heard felt the knife, and the Diamond Jack he was standing out of rangeIt wasn't him took Vinnie's life, he was too busy playing the waiting gameProse Mary she did cry out , for her one and only loveTilly she was laughing, she was never one to bluffMary she was sighing, and looking at the Diamond jack6. The clock was chiming midnight, as Jason took the bodies way downtownHe wasn't chasing Diamond Jack, he'd heard of some fellow lawmen he'd gunned downBut something it was bugging him, and he had to check it out407 Earp Way, was the adresss now going 'roundHe could do with that State reward, on Lilly and the Diamond Jack7. It was quieter than a ghost town, and Jason was prowling like a catHis momma she had taught him well, to stalk, and to keep on looking backA shadow just behind him, caused him to duck downThe shot it danced a ricochet, and caught Lilly through her gownShe'd been heading up to Earp Way, hoping to see the Diamond Jack8. Lilly she was buried, lowered down beside poor Uncle JohnHe'd never had much fun in life, so they thought he might have some fun now he was goneProse Mary wrote the Eulogy, her iambic lines they flowedReeds Taylor interrupted her, and she punched him on the noseNo one else went looking,- looking for the Diamond Jack9. It might have been some time ago, but for many folks, the legend still lives onMary she howls at the moon, and polishes old watches until dawnTilly she made heaven, and uncle John did tooCousin Vinnie he's still waiting, with his SwampWitch, in the queueNobody knows the truth of it all, excepy maybe the Diamond Jack10.My story it is ended, I got it from the vaults of Gramp MacBluesHe died an old pan handler, but the gold he found it would not even buy hisshoesAnd down in Nappa Valley, if you listen close at nightYou can hear an old car engine, and a wolf that sings in flightSome folks say its just the wind, but I know its the Diamond Jack
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Lol, Bugsy; but if the reward was a few cans of Special Brew, ah would turn MASELF in! ( and then ah would escape, and turn maself in , then escape, turn maself in.... ( think ya get the drift)
I hears diamond jack has a ransom on Jamie MC Blues
Head, with a free life time supply of special brew.(gold can)
But he couldn't get over Hadrian's wall
Which really bugged him!
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Thanks, Bjorn , ma man. Have a good weekend :)
Fabulously tangled up in Jamie MacBlues! The best from BD (Bjorn Damsgaard that is)
Only one Shuggy Dylan, as Google agrees. ( ice cream and popcorn available at the foyer)
Are you sure your not Bob Dylan?????
Thanks, Shane, ma man :)
Lol, Bugsy; but if the reward was a few cans of Special Brew, ah would turn MASELF in! ( and then ah would escape, and turn maself in , then escape, turn maself in.... ( think ya get the drift)
Aw, come on, Clock; you coulda made it at least a dollar ! ;)
Head, with a free life time supply of special brew.(gold can)
But he couldn't get over Hadrian's wall
Which really bugged him!
Thanks , pic, but ah do believe ah'm worth a lot more than that. Heck, Shuggy starts at 150,000 !
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