Tom Devil (Live) - Ed Lewis/The Prisoners
Know some folks says that yeah the devils dead
The devils dead
Know some folks says that yeah the devils dead
The devils dead
I spy Tom Devil at the head of my bed
The head of my bed
I spy Tom Devil at the head of my bed
The head of my bed
Now go away devil devil and leave me alone
And leave me alone
Now go away devil devil and leave me alone
And leave me alone
Gon' pray and do better from
On from this day on
From this day on
Gon' pray and do better from
On from this day on
On from this day on
Say too late to pray you'll have to
To die today
To die today
Say too late to pray you'll have to
Today to die today
To die today
The axe is talkin' while yeah the chips are flyin'
While the chips are flyin'
The axe is talkin' while yeah the chips are flyin'
While the chips are flyin'
Oh Mamie oh Lordy gal
Lordy gal
Oh Mamie oh Lordy gal
Oh Lordy gal
Oh Mamie marry me gal if ya just say so
If ya just say so
Oh Mamie marry me gal if ya just say so
If ya just say so
Know the bottom of your pocket book it'll never be seen
It'll never be seen
Know the bottom of your pocket book it'll never be seen
It'll never be seen
Well you won't do nothin' but
But wash and iron
But wash and iron
You will have do nothin' but
But wash and iron
But wash and iron
When you marry marry a railroad man
A railroad man
When you marry marry a railroad man
A railroad man
Every day is Sunday a dollar restin' in your hand
Restin' in your hand
Every day is Sunday a dollar restin' in your hand
Restin' in your hand
That looks like Mamie comin' yeah well down the road
Well down the road
That looks like Mamie comin' yeah well down the road
Well down the road
He walks just like her but he walks too slow
He walks too slow
He walks just like her but yeah he walks too slow
He walks too slow
She walks just like she's carrying some heavy load
Carrying a heavy load
She walks just like she's carrying a heavy load
A heavy load
Oh and look on your finger Mamie and think of me
And think of me
Oh and look on your finger Mamie and think of me
And think of me
See that ring I bought you when oh I was free
Oh I was free
See that ring I bought you when yeah oh I was free
Oh I was free
Well you's in Meridian livin' yeah wo like you please
Wo like you please
Well you's in Meridian livin' yeah wo like you please
Wo like you please
Crying I'm on Parchman got to tom oh work or leave
Oh work or leave
Crying I'm on Parchman got to tom oh work or leave
Oh work or leave
Oh work or leave Lord oh work or leave
Oh work or leave
Crying I'm on Parchman got to tom oh work or leave
Oh work or leave
Well I don't gamble yeah and well I don't see
Well I don't see
Well I don't gamble yeah and well I don't see
Well I don't see
Wo how my money gets yeah away from me
Away from me
Wo how my money gets yeah away from me
Away from me
I would write the govenor but yeah that would do no good
Would do no good
I would write the govenor but yeah that would do no good
Would do no good
I ain't got no money and that yeah that's a good excuse
That's a good excuse
I ain't got no money and that yeah that's a good excuse
That's a good excuse
Well in early in the morning baby yeah oh when I rise
Oh when I rise
Well in early in the morning baby yeah oh when I rise
Oh when I rise
See the thirty-eight-forty stick yeah wo in my face
Wo in my face
See the thirty-eight-forty stick yeah wo in my face
Wo in my face
That killin' the devil big enough to die
Enough to die
That killin' the devil big enough to die
Enough to die
