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I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern |
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To buy me a bottle of beer |
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And I sat me down by a tender young maiden |
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Whose eyes were as soft as her hair |
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And as I was searching from bottle to bottle |
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For something unfoolish to say |
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That silver tongued devil just slipped from the shadows |
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And smilingly stole her away |
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I said hey, little girl don't you know, he's the devil |
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He's everything that I ain't |
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Hiding intentions of evil |
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Under the smile of a saint |
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All he's good for is gettin' in trouble |
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And shifting his share of the blame |
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And some people swear he's my double |
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And some even say we're the same |
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But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose |
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And I'll only live 'till I die |
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We take our own chances, and pay our own dues |
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The silver tongued devil and I |
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Like all the fair maidens who've laid down beside him |
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She knew in her heart that he'd lied |
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Nothing that I could have said could have saved her |
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No matter how hard that she tried |
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'Cause she'll offer her soul to the darkness and danger |
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Of something that she's never known |
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And open her arms at the smile of a stranger |
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Who'll love her and leave her alone |
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And she know's he's the devil |
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He's everything that I ain't |
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Hiding intentions of evil intentions |
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Under the smile of a saint |
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All he's good for is gettin' in trouble |
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And shifting his share of the blame |
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And some people swear he's my double |
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And some even say we're the same |
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But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose |
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And I'll only live 'till I die |
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We take our own chances, and pay our own dues |
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The silver tongued devil and I |