This lyric is: #368

ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES
Words & Music by Harland Giesbrecht

IN MY LEFT HAND THERE'S A BOTTLE
IN THE RIGHT IS A SMOKING GUN
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON ME
FOR THIS EVIL THING I DONE

TRIED TO DROWN LOVE'S PAIN IN WHISKEY
IT CAME BACK LIKE THE ENDLESS TIDE
TIL MY ANGER TURNED INTO MADNESS
AND I BOUGHT A ONE WAY RIDE

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES

IF I COULD I'D TURN THE TIME BACK
AND SWALLOW MY FOOLISH PRIDE
I'D LAY RIGHT OFF OF THE LIQUOR
AND TAKE CONTROL OF MY JEALOUS MIND

EVERYBODY TRIED TO TELL ME
BUT I WAS RIGHT AND THEY WERE WRONG
SO I TOLD THEM ALL WHERE TO GO TO
NOW I'LL BE GOING THERE BEFORE TOO LONG

WHERE YOU GONNA RUN
WHEN YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF
AND THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD FORGIVE YOU
LIES THERE EMPTY LIKE A SHELL

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES


c 1991 Harland Giesbrecht

[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]

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