now there s a man you ll hear about most anywhere you go and his holdings are in texas and his name is diamond joe and he carries all his money in a diamond studded jar he never took much trouble with the process of the law i hired out to diamond joe boys did offer him my hand he gave a string of horses so old they could not stand and i nearly starved to death boys he did mistreat me so and i never saved a dollar in the pay of diamond joe now his bread it was corn dodger and his meat you couldn t chaw nearly drove me crazy with the wagging of his jaw and the telling of his story mean to let you know that there never was a rounder that could lie like diamond joe now i tried three times to quit him but he did argue so i m still punching cattle in the pay of diamond joe and when i m called up yonder and it s my time to go give my blankets to my buddies
['alternative country', 'country rock', 'folk', 'folk rock', 'new americana', 'outlaw country', 'roots rock', 'singer-songwriter', 'texas country']