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Van Morrison

Pay the Devil

Release date: 6th March 2006

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"Pay the Devil" is a track by Van Morrison, from the album Pay the Devil, released 6th March 2006. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Lyrics

Pay the Devil

One man's meat is another man's poison

One man's gain can be another man's loss

I'm travelling down the lonely highway

'Cos a rolling stone don't gather no moss

Once I thought I could live the kind of life I wanted

But the wayward wind made me restless and a fool of me

'Cos I thought I could settle for the nine to five life

Well I guess it just was never meant to be

Now people talk and they speculate about what other people would do

But they can't put themselves within my shoes

It used to be my life, now it's become my story

I'm heading down this highway with those blues

Well I'd love to see the sun setting on the riverside

Just to go back home and I want to settle down

Well I have to pay the devil for my music

Why I have to keep on with this roaming around

Have to pay the devil for my music

Keep on rolling from town to town

Have to pay the devil for to play my music

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  1. —Pay the Devil
  2. —Don't You Make Me High
  3. —There Stands the Glass
  4. —My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
  5. —Playhouse
  6. —Half as Much
  7. —More and More
  8. —What Am I Living For?
  9. —Big Blue Diamonds
  10. —Things Have Gone to Pieces
  11. —There Stands the Glass
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  12. —Your Cheatin' Heart
  13. —Once a Day
  14. —This Has Got to Stop
  15. —Back Street Affair
  16. —Till I Gain Control Again
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