LYRICS - DRINKING WITH THE DEVIL

I was drinking with the devil, Late one Friday night
We were sitting at the bar, there to watch the Tyson fight
A man came up and sat down, he said his name was Bob
Then He started whining 'bout his awful job

His Boss man was a moron, and the owner was a jerk
The Devil said well if it was fun, then they'd never call it work
Bob said you can go to Hell, You damn old drunken slob
if you're so freaken smart, why not tell us about your job

The Devil gave me a grin, and then he slyly said
I got a job so cushy, I can do it in my bed
I can work from anywhere, and I don't punch no clock
No one there to hassle me, and I get to call the shots

But when things go wrong, everybody they blame me
You know Its been that way, since ole Adam hooked up with Eve
I get all of the blame, and the Boss he gets the glory
Nobody ever wants to hear, my side of the story

It was far away from here, and long before your time
before the wars all started, and before there was all this crime
It was all peace and love, no one dying by the sword
Everything was so perfect, but the Boss Man He got bored

One day He started messing ‘round, with some rocks, and dirt and mud
Then He made up this planet earth, and he said it this is pretty good
He made animals , the trees and the men, he gave them all a home
He Put em in the garden, and he left them all alone

But the people were so boring, and each day it was the same
Every Morning, Noon, and Night, all they did was praise His name
So He made him up a serpent, said I got a task here just for you
Get down to the garden, Here's what I want you to do

Well the Boss he told us all: "this should be pretty cool
I gave them a big ole Brain, but I gave them hormones too
There’s nothing left to give them, That they don't already have
I gave them all free will, to choose the good over the bad

If there’s love there in their hearts, They’ll come right back up here
But if they reject that Love, I'm going to fill them up with fear
and when they mess it up, Because you know that they will
I'll just send them all back down, for another turn upon the wheel

See This part of the story, this is where I come in
when he gave them folks free will, well he also gave them sin
Cause you know can’t know happy, unless you've also felt the sad
And how can you be good, if you never have been bad


God Said: "They’ll need a little help, so here's is what I'm gonna do
They need to learn just how to love, so I’m sending down two of you
Show them how good and evil both live there in their soul
and they are going to have to choose,whichever way they want to go

One of you needs to be the Truth, And one the Prince of Lies
Each one needs the other, like a coin it needs two sides
You got to have some darkness, or you’ll never see the light
and If there were no Devil, well you wouldn't need a Christ

Forget all you ever heard, bout the fiery pits of Hell
That all came from Dante's book, that boy could tell a tale
The fight for Good and Evil's, Is there inside of you
The Devil can’t make you do nothing, You don’t already want to do

The Lord has made you perfect, to be all that you can be
Just unlock your heart, You know Love it is the key
Yes I am the Devil, but souls are not mine to take
but you got no need to worry, because you know I'm on my break

There's really no need to fear me, I'm just another working slob
I'm here to do the Lord's work, and it's a pretty crappy job
See Me and ole J C here, we're both working for the same Boss
been a few thousand years, since we both had the same day off.

we are just both working stiffs, with a job that hard to do
so We wrapped up our work early, so we could meet here for a brew
And If you want to join us, We’ll let you buy us both a beer
and if that phone should ring, Just tell em we ain’t here