Lyrics The Silver Tongued Devil And I - Live - Kris Kristofferson

And I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beer
I sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as soft as her hair
As I was searchin' from bottle to bottle for somethin' unfoolish to say
That silver-tongued devil just slipped from the shadows and smilingly stoled 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 intentions under the smile of a saint
All he's good for is getting in troublе
And shiftin' his share of the blame
And somе people swear he's my double
And some even say we're the same

But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose
I'll only live 'til I die
We take our own chances and pay our own dues
I say, we pay our own dues, I take, uh
He takes most of the chances and I still pay most of the dues
We don't do it in the same place anymore
'Cause I quit drinking, about five years ago and that rascal, huh

He doesn't like my Gatorade
But it don't matter, 'cause no matter where he is tonight
If he's out drinking all the tequila in Texas with Willie Nelson
I don't care 'cause it's not as good as what's goin' down right here, right now
The silver-tongued devil and I