Me And The Devil
Early this mornin', when you knocked upon my door
Early this mornin', when you knocked upon my door
And I said, "Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go"

Me and the devil, walkin' side by side
Me and the devil, walkin' side by side
And I'm goin' to see my woman, until I get satisfied

She say you don't see why, that you will dog me 'round
(Now, babe, you know you ain't doin' me right)
Say, don't see why, you will dog me 'round
It must be that old evil spirit, so deep down in the ground

You may bury my body, down by the highway side
(I don't care where you bury my body when I'm gone)
You may bury my body, down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit, can catch a Greyhound bus and ride

Standing in [bad word] of another black mans life
Or flying through the valley
separating day and night
I am Death, cried the Vulture,
for the people of the light
Charon brought his raft
from the sea that sails on souls
and I saw the scavenger departing
taking warm hearts to the cold
he knew the ghetto was a harem
for the meanest creature ever known
in a wilderness of heart break
in a desert of despair
Evil's clarion of justice
shrieks a cry of naked terror
taking babies from their mamas
leaving grief [bad word] so if you see the [bad word] flying circles in your mind
remember there is no escaping
for he will follow close behind

only promise me a battle
a battle for your soul and mine
and mine
and mine