The Devil Owes Me Money
[Intro]
Well now...
If you're looking for the Devil...
Don't bother checking Hell.
Last I heard...
He was down Bourbon Street...
Printing more dollar bills
[Verse 1]
Down where the river
Rolls black at night
Shadows dancing
On bare knuckle fights
Old man laughing
With a gold tooth grin
Said... "Son..
Don't ever let that gentleman in."
[Pre-Chorus]
He'll smile like Sunday
Talk like a saint
Sell you tomorrow
With yesterday's paint
[Chorus]
The Devil owes me money
I ain't paying rent
He's stealing my inheritance
Selling fake cigarettes
Pissin in the wind
for a bottle of Jack
The Devil owes me money...
And I'm takin it back
Tonight.
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Trumpets crying
Singer’s skipping bars
Somebody out there praying
Someone stealing cars
Women laughing
Under ostrich feather hats
While old King Trouble
Feeds the alley cats
[Bridge]
Round and round
The brass band played
While I'm dancin' with the sinners
What a fools charade
A gin soaked masquerade
Where everyone’s a winner
[Final Chorus]
The Devil owes me money
With interest too
Thought he'd bought
What he never knew
The Devil owes me money...
And every note he stole
Just made...
My music...
Solid gold.
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2003