Conversation With The Devil chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

Chords with lyrics

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I had a dream last night I was cast into hell by a jealous God
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The Devil walked up and said, "You don't need no lightning rod
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It hardly ever rains down here; I can't recall the last storm
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You ain't gonna need that leather jacket, it gets kinda warm
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There's one way, there's no way out; looks like you're here to stay
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Oh, the place is a mess, it's overcrowded, more are coming everyday."

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I said, "Aw, man, wait a minute, there's got to be somethin' wrong
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I ain't a bad guy, I just write these little songs
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I always pay my union dues, I don't stay in the passing lane."
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And he said, "What about all that whisky and cocaine?"
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I said, "Well, yeah... but that's no reason to throw me in hell
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'Cause I didn't use the cocaine to get high, I just like the way it smells."

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He said, "Come on over here, son, let me show you around
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Over there's where we put the preachers -- I never liked those clowns
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They're always blaming me for everything wrong under the sun
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It ain't that hard to do what's right, it's just maybe not as much fun
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Then they walk around thinkin' they're better than me and you
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And then they get caught in a motel room, doin' what they said not to do

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"Now all the murderers and the rapists, they go in this fiery lake
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As well as most of the politicians and the cops on the take
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And all the mothers who wait 'til they get to K-Mart to spank their kids;
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Instead of showin' 'em what to do what's right, they just hit 'em for what they did
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And all the daddy's who run off and abandon their daughters and sons
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Oh, anybody who hurts a child's gonna burn until it's done."

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"Everyone is down here," I said, "who's up in heaven with God and the Son?"
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"Oh, some saints and mystics and students of Metaphysics 101
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People who care and share and love and try to do what's right
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Beautiful old souls who read little stories to their babies every night
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What you won't find up in heaven are Christian Coalition right-wing conservatives, country program
directors, and Nashville Record executives."

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"Now," I said, "I've made some mistakes, but I'm not as bad as those guys
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How can God do this to me?, or can't she sympathize?"
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He said, "You're wrong about God being cruel and mean
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Oh, God is the most loving thing that's never been seen."
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I said, "Hot Shot, tell me this: which religion is the truest?"
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He said, "They're all about the same -- Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would've made a good Buddhist."

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Well, I thought about my future, I didn't seem to have much of one
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I looked around to leave but there was... no place to run
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I said, "I don't suppose I could go back and try livin' again...
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Like reincarnation, I hear that's the way it's always been."
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"I can't answer that," he said, "you're gonna have to wait for that response
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But it ain't any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once."

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Well it looked like I was gonna be stuck here, as far as I could tell
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I thought I might as well suck up, you know, what the hell?
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I said, "You know that song that Charlie Daniels did?
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About how you went down to Georgia and played fiddle against that kid?"
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He said, "Yeah, broke my heart but, you know, what're you gonna do?"
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I said, "To be honest, I thought your solo was the better of the two."

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Well, then I woke up, and I was lyin' in my bed
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I went upstairs and kissed my little boy on his sleepin' head
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I took this dream as a sign from God, so I thought I'd better pray:
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"Don't ever speak to me directly, and thanks anyway."
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Now so much has changed about me besides me just givin' up red meat
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Some get spiritual 'cause they see the light

And some 'cause they feel the heat