Special thank you to Rick Smerage for adding his incredible talent to this song!
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Lyrics
I GOT A LADY
HER NAME'S MERCEDES
NEVER HOME
SO I DRINK ALONE
MOST NIGHTS
ABOUT A QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT
THE BACK DOOR OPENS
AND SHE STUMBLES IN
AND I SAY
HEY BABY GOOD TO SEE YA
SHE SHAKES HER HEAD, FLYS THE BIRD
AND GOES TO BED
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
THAN THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL YOU DON'T
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS GO BY
NOTHING EVER CHANGES UNTIL ONE NIGHT
THE CHIEF FROM THE LOCAL PD STOPS BY
AND HE SAYS MERCEDES' DEAD, YOU GOT AN ALIBI?
AND I SAID,
HELL YES - GOT THE BEST THERE IS
THE GOOD LORD ABOVE HE'LL VOUCH , NO DOUBT
THE CHIEF GAVE ME A STRANGE LOOK,
HANDCUFFED ME AND THEN WE TOOK OFF
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
THAN THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL YOU DON'T
WELL HERE I SIT IN THE COUNTY JAIL
GETTIN' PRETTY CHUMMY WITH A GUY NAMED DALE
HE SAID, I ROBBED A BANK, THE DAY BEFORE
AND GET THIS,WITH A WOMAN NAMED AFTER A GERMAN CAR
AND HE SAID,I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO SHARE
SO I SHOT HER DOWN DOWN DOWN, NEAR HERE
I NODDED AND LAUGHED, THEN CALLED THE CHIEF
FOR A LITTLE CHAT
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
THAN THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL YOU DON'T