Devils Price

(album: Poor Man's Poison - 2009)

The devil said, "Sit and have yourself a glass"
He said "I know you're angry right now, but the feeling will pass
So keep your cup tipped up when you're feeling down low
And when you finally forget your purpose, you'll be stumbling on down my side of the road"

Oh you know it ain't good for you
To keep going on like you do
Time's running away and it's running fast

Whoa, said I know
I used to walk down the very same road
And if I could I'd give you some advice
See, he don't care about you
All the good, all the bad you do, no
He wants your life, and that's the devil's price
Yeah, the devil's price

The same devil says "Sit and have yourself a line"
He says, "We can make it last all day, yeah we can make it last all night
When you try to go to sleep I'll be in your ear
Yeah I'll be laughing at you, the whole night through, with your paranoid eyes all full of fear"

Oh you know it ain't good for you
To keep going on like you do
Time's running away and it's running fast

Oh, said I know
I used to walk down the very same road
And if I could I'd give you some advice
See, he don't care about you
All the good, all the bad you do, no
He wants your life, and that's the devil's price
Yeah, the devil's price

The devil just left, he said he had to go
It's funny how it works that way when you just start telling him no
So just keep on keeping him down that way
I said you're almost done, you got the devil on the run, and you ain't got no price to pay

I said I know
I used to walk down the very same road
And I thank you kindly for taking my advice
See, he don't care about you
All the good, all the bad you do, no
He can't take your life, you ain't paying the price
Yeah, the devil's price