Eric Church - Devil, Devil lyrics

This town, she is a temptress
A siren with gold eyes
She'll cut you with her kindness
She will lead you with her lies
She's been called a glistening meadow
She's good at keeping score
If you make it she's your savior
If you don't she's a whore
The roads to and from her heart
Are littered with creative souls
They gave all of their all and all
They got in return is empty holes
Sure we've all heard about
Shell, and Chris, Willy, and the Bobby Bares
She'd smiled on the Johnny's
The Merles and the
Many music-row billionaires
Like a beacon she goes seeking seed
Her loins so fertile
To a free man she's a prison
To a caged one she's a fire

She's the reason there's a
Sunday morning coming down
I saw the light, A Boy Named Sue
He stopped loving her today
The pill and 16th avenue the Ryman
Oh she's a diamond the brown eyed mickey
She was Roy Acuffs castle and
Elvis Presley's broken dream
It's not all bad it's not all dark
It's not all gloom and crass
But to mine gold in this silver mine
It does take balls of brass
For she's seem 'em come and seen 'em go
And came herself a time or two no matter
How satisfied her scream sounds she
Always wants someone new
The next him or her or them
Or all with stamina to
Last the night to be a
Star in this lady's town
You can or you can fight

You see, it all comes down to money
Not romantic art of days gone past
If you forget that rule
You can bet your backside she will
Bury it in your ass
A tramp, a slut, a bitch, a mutt
A thousand pawn shop guitars
A nasty little needle to a vein
That feeds a singers heart
She lurks in friendly shadows but she's
A junky with a limp
The agents are her bookie and
The labels are her pimp
I'll tell you a well-known secret of
A place known far and wide
The devil walks among us folks
And Nashville is his bride

All the chaos he has caused, and done
His greatest trick is to
Every guitar-totin' dreamer
The devil don't exist but me
I shook his hand and I know that he is real
So devil, you can go screw yourself
And then go straight to hell

THE SONG: Devil, Devil

Devil, devil, I feel you preying on my mind
Got nine things going wrong right now
And her leaving makes a dime
I’m mad as hell, and drunk, and well
Tonight, I guess we’ll see if devil, devil
You’re bad enough to lock horns with me

Level, level, in search of solid ground
This swinging, swaying, side to side
Is tossing me around
I got a hanker for an anchor
To steady up my bow
Level, level, tie this rebel down

Crazy, crazy, calling out my name
I got one foot on the platform
And the other’s on a train
Save me, save me, I know what’s in store
Crazy, crazy hell, I’ve been there before

Danger, danger
The way you’re looking there at me
Be careful what you wish for
You might get what you don’t need
I’m a brush fire on a drought
Land in a Santa Ana breeze
Danger, danger, don’t you play around with me

Crazy, crazy, calling out my name
I got one foot on the platform
And the other’s on a train
Save me, save me, I know what’s in store
Crazy, crazy hell, I’ve been there before
Angel, angel, heavenly body in holy jeans
On second thought
Get over here and wrap me in your wings
Throw caution to the wind and honey
Give me what I need
Angel, angel, love this devil, devil
Out of me devil, devil, devil

O-o-o-ooo, devil, devil
O-o-o-ooo, devil, devil
O-o-o-ooo, devil, devil