Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I Lyrics

Lyrics The Silver Tongued Devil and I - Kris Kristofferson




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



Writer(s): KRIS KRISTOFFERSON


Kris Kristofferson - Original Album Classics
Album Original Album Classics
date of release
25-09-2009

1 The Silver Tongued Devil and I
2 Me and Bobby McGee
3 The Lights of Magdala
4 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
5 Casey's Last Ride
6 Duvalier's Dream
7 Blame It On the Stones
8 To Beat the Devil
9 Best of All Possible Worlds
10 The Law Is for Protection of the People
11 Just the Other Side of Nowhere
12 Darby's Castle
13 For the Good Times
14 The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me
15 Shadows of Her Mind
16 The Lady's Not for Sale
17 Come Sundown
18 Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
19 Nobody Wins
20 It Sure Was (Love)
21 Enough for You
22 Help Me
23 Jesse Younger
24 Give It Time to Be Tender
25 Out of Mind, Out of Sight
26 Sugar Man
27 Same Old Song
28 Broken Freedom Song
29 Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)
30 Star-Spangled Bummer (Whores Die Hard)
31 I May Smoke Too Much
32 One for the Money
33 Late Again (Gettin' Over You)
34 Stairway to the Bottom
35 Rescue Mission
36 Smile At Me Again
37 Rock and Roll Time
38 Shake Hands With the Devil
39 Prove It to You One More Time Again
40 Whiskey, Whiskey
41 Lucky In Love
42 Seadream
43 Killer Barracuda
44 Once More with Feeling
45 Fallen Angel
46 Jody and the Kid
47 Billy Dee
48 Good Christian Soldier
49 Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)
50 The Taker
51 When I Loved Her
52 Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
53 Epitaph (Black and Blue)




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