I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern
To buy me a bottle of beer
And I sat myself down by a tender young maiden
With eyes as dark as her hair
And as I was searching from bottle to bottle
For something un-foolish to say
The silver tongued devil he slipped from the shadows
And smiling he stole her away
Chorus:
I said hey, little girl, don't you know he's the devil
He's everything that I ain't
Hiding intentions of evil, under the smile of a saint
All he's good for is getting in trouble
And shifting his share of the blame
Some people swear he's my double
And some even say we're the same
But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose
I'll only live 'till I die
We take our own chances, we'll pay our own dues [pause}
The silver tongued devil and I
Like all the young maidens who'd laid down beside him
She knew in her heart that he'd lied
But nothing that I could have said could have saved her
No matter how hard that I tried
'Cause she'll offer charms to the darkness and danger
Of something that she's never known
And open her arms to the smile of a stranger
Who'll love her and leave her alone
Chorus:
And you know, he's the devil
(rest of chorus as above)