Mean Red Dean Lyrics

Them cards were marked

My thoughts went dark

I ain't a body stands for cheatin'

So I kicked the chair beneath him

And I pinned him to the floor

Then I commenced to beat him

Even when he cried, "No more!"

"You're treating that boy rough"

Somebody yelled. "He's had enough."

You don't cheat

Mean Red Dean

A poker table

That ain't able

To hold an honest game

'S got sidewindin' snakes to blame

Like that grass-bellied varmint

Got tripped up runnin' for the rain

With aces in his garment

My fists was punctuatin'

With my voice enunciatin'

You don't cheat

Mean Red Dean

There's honesty

Inside o' me

I ain't never welched no bets

Not even sober with regrets

A gamblin' man ain't worth a damn

Who's cheatin' with the cards he gets

No he ain't worth a damn goddamn

Gamblin' with dishonesty

Short-fuses my TNT

You don't cheat

Mean Red Dean

My granddaddy's

Great granddaddy

Taught down the line don't take no guff

A lie's no lie when it's a bluff

And break each day like a fire-eyed bull

Or you'll break soon enough

Now I got me another rule

If ya like them teeth inside your pate

And aim to keep your face on straight

You don't cheat

Mean Red Dean