Ian Mcnabb: Me and the devil

Me and the devil started early Me and the devil made a pact Me and the devil saw it clearly Me and the devil had to act At dawn 4 men rode across the valley Bounty driven vacance in their eyes And they dragged my daddy from his bed and took him Mama never got to say good bye Mama never got to say good bye Now me and the devil swore we'd find 'em Me and the devil swore we would And when mama died in 85 we rode out Seeking to avenge her pain in blood In a lonely the local town the people call Endurance I took a drink and kissed my first sweetheart Though she took me to her bed and showed me kindness Me and the devil did not part Me and the devil did not part All the leaves have turned to brown the summer ended There were colours to behold whiskey and song But the wounds within my heart had never mended I could not do right for fear of doing wrong So me and the devil upped and left her Me and the devil made her cry In a lifetime there are questions more than answers And the mysteries are ours to reason why In a one horse town's saloon in North Dakota On my 19 birthday drunk as I could be Well I recognise the faces and the voices Daddies escort to that hangin' tree So me and devil took our six guns As the shots rang out the dancin' ladies cried There was smoke and blood and tables got turned over I moved in close to watch the bastards die I moved in close to watch the bastards die Well me and the devil got a feeling Something meant we'd never felt before And the swert relief for freedom overcame us As we lay bleeding on the bar room floor As we lay bleeding on the bar room floor Now me and the devil are united The suffering and pain are finally gone And we lay here still and peaceful in our union Me and the devil now are one Me and the devil now are one Me and the devil Now Are