"Last Mule In The Holler" lyrics

Last night, I said, "Son, I'll never fool with [?]"
I said they were crazy, the ones we fooled with (Yeah)
I said we knew when we seen that mule [?]
That we could win the world with it
But we had to know the button to push

By the age of 36 he had done all he would do
He'd run away from one home, had the scars to show it too
A red headed danger he had always fought the bit
Blue ribbon in his prime, but old age has settled in

Never out to pasture this old life will end too soon
And he's running with the fillies in the glow of a harvest moon
A master of his own, never bent the knee nor bowed
And he's headed for the trees if we don't call him now

He is the last mule in the holler, aw come on boys let's call him
Aw. come on mule come home

No longer does he ride he is all but retired
And he's plowed his own grave in a field of muck and mire
A long life of show as the Muleskinner's Dream
And he's took his final rest under peaceful pastures green

He is the last mule in the holler, aw come on boys let's call him
Aw. come on mule come home
Aw. come on mule come home
Aw. come on mule come home