The Silvertongued Devil & I Lyrics - The Essential Kris Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson

I took myself down to the Tally Ho tavern 

To buy me a bottle of beer 

And I sat me down by a tender young maiden 

Who's eyes were as soft as her hair 

And as I was searching from bottle to bottle 

For something un-foolish to say 

That silver-tongued devil just slipped from the shadows 

And smilingly stole her away 

I said, "Hey, little girl, don't you know he's the devil? 

He's everything that I ain't" 

Hiding intentions of evil under the smile of a saint 

All he's good for is getting in trouble and shiftin' his share of the blame 

And some people swear he's my double and some even say we're the same 

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But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose 

I'll only live till I die 

We take our own chances and pay our own dues 

The silver-tongued devil and I 

Like all the fair maidens who've laid down beside him 

She knew in her heart that he'd lied 

Nothin' that I could have said could have saved her 

No matter how hard that she tried 

'Cause she'll offer her soul to the darkness and danger 

Of somethin' that she's never known 

And open her arms at the smile of a stranger 

Who'll love her and leave her alone 

And she knows he's the devil 

He's everything that I ain't 

Hiding intentions of evil intentions under the smile of a saint 

All he's good for is getting in trouble and shiftin' his share of the blame 

And some people swear he's my double 

And some even say we're the same 

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But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose 

I'll only live till I die 

We take our own chances and pay our own dues 

The silver-tongued devil and I