Devil's Debt Blues

(ahhhh) Met him down by the river bend

Shook his hand where the willows end

He offered gold and a life of ease

I took the deal and signed with ease

Now the moon hangs heavy and low

The wind carries a debt I know

I owe the devil twenty dollars

Can't hide from the bill that calls

He laughs in the dark

with a grin so wide I owe the devil twenty dollars

tonight

(yeah) Tried to run but the road loops back

Every mile carries the same old track

The coins in my pocket feel cold as stone

The devil's due and I'm all alone

I owe the devil twenty dollars

Can't hide from the bill that calls

He

laughs in the dark

with a grin so wide I owe the devil twenty dollars

tonight (yeah)

Twenty dollars for a soul so

cheap

Now the nights are long and the days won't sleep

I owe the devil twenty dollars

Can't hide from the bill that calls

He

laughs in the dark

with a grin so wide I owe the devil twenty dollars

tonight

(yeah) The river bends but it never ends

I walk with the weight of

my own amends (ahhhh)