Strange Angels

Laurie Anderson Strange Angels Album

7.The Day The Devil

The day the devil comes to getcha you know him by the way he
smiles the day the devil comes to getcha he's a rusty truck with
only twenty miles he's got bad brakes he's got loose teeth he's
a lo
Y from home the day the devil comes to getcha he's got a smile
like a scar he knows the way to your house he's got the keys to
your car and when he sells you his sportcoat you say:funny!
that's
Ize attention shoppers! everybody please rise give me back my
innocence get me a brand new suit give me back my innocence oh
lord! cut me down to size well you can hide under the porch and
you c
De behind the couch but the day the devil comes to getcha he's
right on time here he comes well i'm sick of hearin bout your
problems yeah girlie you're breakin my heart i'm the original
party a
Hey! hey! babaloo so don't come bangin your bibles cause you've
been laughin all the way to the bank and don't give me those
crocodile tears cause you've been doing it for years i'm
everywhere!
Right here mr. jones the day
The devil comes to getcha he's a long way from home and you know
he's gonna getcha cause you're stuck in the middle everybody
please rise give me back my innocence get me a brand new suit
give
Ck my innocence oh lord! cut me down to size give me back my
innocence get me a new cadillac cause when i get on up to heave
lord you can have it all back cause in heaven, you get it all
back in
En it all comes back cause in heaven, you get it all back in
heaven cause in heaven...... in heaven......