well they got a little game called five card draw they take it serious in arkansas you can make a little money wagerin on cards you can t get to heaven livin this hard deliver me from my sorrow and shame release me from my burden and pain it s a one eyed jack the suicide king the ace of spades and two black queens never draw to an inside straight i feel a ten s knockin at the gate deliver me from my sorrow and shame release me from my burden and pain oh blackbird blackbird fly away home say a prayer over saint john s bones tell the gamblers they re gonna die alone blackbird blackbird fly away home blackbird blackbird come back again don t tell mama where i ve been goin to the river i m gonna jump in blackbird blackbird come back again it s an ace high straight and all the same suit read em and weep this hand can t lose somebody said it ain t good enough cause that don t beat a mississippi flush mr ledbetter will you tell me again what s a mississippi flush and how s it beat this hand he said they don t ask questions in the graveyard it s a small revolver and any five cards deliver me from my sorrow and shame release me from my burden and pain  oh blackbird blackbird fly away home say a prayer over saint john s bones tell the gamblers they re gonna die alone blackbird blackbird fly away home blackbird blackbird come back again don t tell mama where i ve been goin to the river i m gonna jump in blackbird blackbird come back again