Eric Clayton

Me And The Devil Blues

Eric Clayton


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[Verse 1]
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Early this morning
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You knocked upon my door
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Early this morning
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You knocked upon my door
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And I said
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"Hello, Satan     I believe it's time to go"

[Verse 2]
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Me and the devil
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Were walking side by side
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Me and the devil
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Were walking side by side
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I'm going to beat my woman
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Until I get satisfied

[Verse 3]
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She said she doesn't see why
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That I will dog her around
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(Now baby, you know you aren't doing me right)
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She said she doesn't see why
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That I will dog her around
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Well, it must be that old evil spirit
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So deep down in the ground

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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You may bury my body
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Down by the highway side
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(I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone.)
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You may bury my body
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Down by the highway side
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Oh, my old evil spirit
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Will take a Greyhound bus and ride