The Devil And My Family

The devil told my grampa

The day that he would die

And my grampa told my grandma

And she thought it was a lie

Then the day came and my

Grampa he lay dead

Just like the devil said

A train cut off his arms and legs

And it's a story that my mother told to me

Some people say that it's too hard to believe, but

You gotta believe that my mother never lies

She's never in her life and my grampa he did die, yeah

My father he's hard-workin' man

The devil's never had a hand

In anything he did

He's the hardest workin' man I've ever seen

But I guess his hardest work,

It never worked on me, 'cause

He thinks I'm lazy and he

Thinks that I'm a shame because

I haven't got a job any

Money or a name and:

He's worried about me and what I'm gonna do

How I'm gonna live I hope the devil's worried too, yeah

My lover she's what keeps me alive

She's the only thing I like in this

World that I despise

She sings and her voice is soft and sweet

She whistles in the shower and

Somehow she loves me

My grandson asked me once, he said

"Grampa are you crazy?" and I said

"Just a touch" and I

Got out my guitar,

I showed him how to play and I

Taught him how to sing the song a little out of key, yeah

And the devil sang with me, and the devil sang with me

On my shoulder like a friend that never leaves

And the devil sang with me, and the devil sang with me

On my shoulder like a friend that never leaves