Ian McNabb
ME AND THE DEVIL
Me and the devil made a pact
Me and the devil saw it clearly
Me and the devil had to act
At dawn 4 men rode across the valley
Bounty driven vacance in their eyes
And they dragged my daddy from his bed and took him
Mama never got to say good bye
Mama never got to say good bye
Now me and the devil swore we'd find 'em
Me and the devil swore we would
And when mama died in 85 we rode out
Seeking to avenge her pain in blood
In a lonely the local town the people call Endurance
I took a drink and kissed my first sweetheart
Though she took me to her bed and showed me kindness
Me and the devil did not part
Me and the devil did not part
All the leaves have turned to brown the summer ended
There were colours to behold whiskey and song
But the wounds within my heart had never mended
I could not do right for fear of doing wrong
So me and the devil upped and left her
Me and the devil made her cry
In a lifetime there are questions more than answers
And the mysteries are ours to reason why
In a one horse town's saloon in North Dakota
On my 19 birthday drunk as I could be
Well I recognise the faces and the voices
Daddies escort to that hangin' tree
So me and devil took our six guns
As the shots rang out the dancin' ladies cried
There was smoke and blood and tables got turned over
I moved in close to watch the bastards die
I moved in close to watch the bastards die
Well me and the devil got a feeling
Something meant we'd never felt before
And the swert relief for freedom overcame us
As we lay bleeding on the bar room floor
As we lay bleeding on the bar room floor
Now me and the devil are united
The suffering and pain are finally gone
And we lay here still and peaceful in our union
Me and the devil now are one
Me and the devil now are one
Me and the devil
Now
Are |
