The Devil Is All Around Lyrics - Swimmin' Time - Shovels & Rope

When the devil is all around and got you crawling on the ground 

On your hands and your knees with an apple in your mouth 

You will know how far you'll go to make your peace with god 

I got wasted and I sat around the fire all day 

See if I could find someone to make love to 

I barely even noticed how the fibers did tear away 

From the fabric of my being 

And nobody knows it like you do babe, nobody knows it like you do 

Nobody knows it like you do babe, the lengths we will go to 

I'm going down a long road, maybe it's the wrong road 

But either way I gotta find my way back home again 

It's too late to turn back now, gotta get the lead on out 

Gotta find some way to make it right on 

And nobody knows it like you do babe, nobody knows it like you do 

Nobody knows it like you do babe, the lengths we will go to 

There must be some other way, I just don't know 

Gotta get myself back up on that high road 

But nobody knows that like you do 

So I'm gonna be a good man, gonna do the best I can 

Though I'm a shell of the man that I once was 

And if I find forgiveness in the eyes of god 

It will be hard won, I assure you 

When the devil is all around and got you crawling on the ground 

On your hands and your knees with and apple in your mouth 

You will know how far you'll go to make your peace with god 

Yeah, you will know how far you'll go to make your peace with god