Me and the Devil

Early this morning

When you knocked upon my door

Early this morning

When you knocked upon my door

And I say: hello Satan

I believe, it's time to go

Me and the Devil

Walking side by side

Me and the Devil

Walking side by side

And I'm gonna see my woman

'Til I get satisfied

See See, you don't see why

Like you'a dog me 'round

Say, I don't see why

People dogging me around

It must be that old evil spirit

So deep down in the ground

You may bury my body

Down by the highway side

You may bury my body

Down by the highway side

So my old evil spirit can

Catch a Greyhound bus and ride

Standing in the ruins of another black man's life

Or flying through the valley separating day and night

"I am death!" cried the vulture, "for the people of the light"

Charon brought his raft from the sea that sails on souls

And saw the scavenger departing, taking warm hearts to the cold

He knew the ghetto was a haven for the meanest creature ever known

In the wilderness of heartbreak and a desert of despair

Evil's clarion of justice shrieks a cry of naked terror

Taking babies from their mamas, leaving grief beyond compare

So if you see the vulture coming, flying circles in your mind

Remember there is no escaping for he will follow close behind

Only promise me a battle, a battle for your soul and mine

And mine

And mine