phpBB [audio] the devil’s complaint well it’s been such a long time since you’ve heard from me yes, I guess that it’s been years the theologians and the media demigods wonder if I’ve simply disappeared but you see I’m on an extended vacation in fact I’ve kinda retired the human race is doing my job just fine in fact now you’re really wired I hear you’ve been whooping it up pretty good these last few centuries seems I can’t leave the house for a moment without you taking liberties and in my absence you’ve grown confused about whom you should blame and I’ve got to say I’m a little amused about the way you play this game cause I still hear my name mentioned when some atrocity mystifies you and I’m flattered by the attention but let’s give credit where credit is due for you see I am a modest beast and I’m in awe of what you’ve done you’ve accomplished things I only dreamed about and sometimes you did it just for fun cause baby I was only into parlour tricks my bark was worse than my bite and all that talk about Armageddon I was joking it was all just hype but you, you took me at my word you beat me at my own game and I’m a little pissed off at the fundamentalists for smearing my good name no, it wasn’t me in Jonestown when the folks all drank Kool-Aid and I wasn’t in Dallas in ‘63 working for the CIA I wasn’t in Cambodia in the mind of Pol Pot I didn’t order any killings by El Salvador’s death squads I didn’t tell you to vote for Reagan well, maybe the first time but not the second I’m not behind you’re sexual urges I wasn’t in Russia for the Stalinist purges I wasn’t in China for the cultural revolution I didn’t tell Darwin about evolution I wasn’t at Auschwitz burning the Jews I don’t tell children to shoot up their schools no baby that wasn’t me, that was you but enough of all that, this idle chit-chat I’d like to come to the point cause I didn’t come here just to fill you in or to see what you’ve done with the joint no, I’ve come to make a deal, that’s what devil’s do so please make yourself comfortable I’ve a proposition for you you see lately I’ve noticed things have gotten a little stale are you tired of your depravity is there no water in your pail is it lonely at the top, has your interest fallen off do you need a lover to inspire you I can lend my name to your services I can still show you a trick or two wait, don’t say no too quickly don’t sit there acting smug I wouldn’t be making this offer if I wasn’t aware of the things you’ve done I’ve made a study of your resume I think you’ll find we see things in much the same way have your lawyers look over my contract that won’t bother me I taught them all they know so I’m sure that they’ll agree so please don’t make me ask again cause you know about my legendary pride but I’m sure that you are tempted by the alibi I can provide cause if we’re going in business together we could even play the old game you can do the dirty work and I will take the blame so c’mon baby, wha’d’y’a say let’s finish what we’ve begun Jesus was just a start now let’s really have some fun don’t get squeamish now, don’t be a hypocrite you were happy to do as you pleased and blame me for it I’m in or I’m out, make up your mind just don’t drag out my name every time you’re in a bind you knew what you were doing, now I’ve come to collect you wanna thank god, it’s me you owe the debt don’t say you didn’t know, don’t say you were tricked I’m the devil after all, what the hell did you expect so c’mon baby let’s party, let’s paint this town bloody red and save your remorse for later we’ll talk about it, when you are dead |
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