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Don't Play Cards with Satan

from Merry Christmas (1988) by Daniel Johnston

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Don't play cards with Satan
He'll deal you an awful hand
Don't play cards with Satan
He'll deal you an awful hand

Did I ever stop and tell you I am a desperate man?
I thought I saw a bluebird sitting on a post
I thought I saw a bluebird sitting on a post
Shiver down my spine
I thought it was the Holy Ghost
I heard the word before
And I knew that it was good
I heard the word before
And I knew that it was good
Somebody oughta do like the Good Book should
I heard the voice of SATAN crying in the woods
I heard the voice of SATAN crying in the woods
I saw my own heart laying black with blood

Don't play cards with Satan
He'll deal you an awful hand
Don't play cards with Satan
He'll deal you an awful hand
Please believe me

Did I ever stop and tell you I am a desperate man?
A desperate man
Take it

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from Merry Christmas (1988), released December 1, 1988

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Daniel Johnston Waller, Texas

An American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist, Daniel Johnston spent 30 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience.

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