Tryin’ To Shake The Devil Outta Me

9.17.2012

 

Hey now…

Tell me why my feet are swinging

Tell me why I can’t shake loose

Tell me why I hear angels singing

And why my head’s on…

On the wrong side of the noose

 

(chorus)

They’re just tryin’ to shake the devil outta me

They’re just tryin’ to shake the devil outta me

And the birds…

They’re tryin’ to eat all that I’ve seen

Take my eyes…

But they don’t know all that it means

I’m like the birds

And I don’t know all that it means

 

Tell me why I pay the hangman with my boots

Tell me why I can’t stop the pissin’ booze

Tell me why I’ve got no voice to sing the blues

And why my head’s on…

My head’s on the wrong side of the noose

 

I’ve got no fight in me left

My song began with a “Trouble” Clef

But now it ends here with this rope…

Here with this rope around my neck

Not even a rope can save me

The story of my life

Is old noose now

No, not even a rope can save me

Unless…

 

(repeat chorus)

 

I needed saving

They threw me a rope

But over a branch

Then around my neck

Still I don’t know all that it means

Must be tryin’ to shake the devil outta me