Kris Kristofferson - Silver Tongued Devil And I

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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 myself down by a tender young maiden
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with eyes as dark as her hair
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and as i was searching from bottle to bottle
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for something un – foolish to say
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the silver tongued devil he slipped from the shadows
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and smiling he stole her away

chorus :

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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 , under the smile of a saint
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all he’s good for is getting in trouble
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and shifting his share of the blame
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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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i’ll only live ’till i die
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we take our own chances , we’ll pay our own dues [ pause}
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the silver tongued devil and i

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like all the young maidens who’d laid down beside him
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she knew in her heart that he’d lied
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but nothing that i could have said could have saved her
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no matter how hard that i tried
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’cause she’ll offer charms to the darkness and danger
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of something that she’s never known
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and open her arms to the smile of a stranger
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who’ll love her and leave her alone

chorus :
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and you know , he’s the devil

( rest of chorus as above )