28 Nov 00 - 01:58 AM (#347445)
Subject: The Devil
From: Stewie
Here's a good'un from the late Hoyt Axton. It does not appear to be in the DT. It works well as an unaccompanied group song.
THE DEVIL
(Hoyt Axton)
Don't you know it's been rainin' in the mountains
And the river's on the rise
We cannot hardly reach the other side
And the devil he's in trouble
I can see it in his eyes
If you don't give him shelter
He'll have no place to hide
The devil deals in dyin'
And he travels in a hearse
He treats you like a dog now
He'd like to treat you worse
But he don't have the answers
And, if he did, he'd lie
The devil is a joker
And he don't want you alive
Some you win and some you lose
And the winners all grin and the losers say,
Deal the cards again
Oh, won't you deal the cards again
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay yay
LA's in California, Lord, I've been there many times
It is an education to be sure
I loved a lovely lady there
She opened up my eyes
She ran a dancin' school
It was a front - she loved the Lord
Some you win and some you lose
And the winners all grin and the losers say,
Deal the cards again
Oh, won't you deal the cards again
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay yay
It's been rainin' in the mountains
And the river's on the rise
Cannot hardly reach the other side
And the devil he's in trouble
I can see it in his eyes
If you don't give him shelter
He'll have no place to hide
If you don't give him shelter
He'll have no place to hide
Words and music by Hoyt Axton. May be found on several CD compilations - eg Hoyt Axton 'The A&M Years' AM 540 956-2.
PS.
--Stewie.
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