Gone is the time to be the one

To dance to the fiddle of a younger man's Desires

Loving hearts beat the drum to keep the March along the straight and narrow road

'Cause the stale sweet nectar's taste

Only resigns this state of grace

Hear it now the siren song

It calls in the dark singing promises familiar

Idle hands play the part

Of dissonance in harmony

With all the sins that breach the will

And wisdom of good men

No time heals the devil you know

Just gotta break that deal or down the road You might find yourself alone an old

And in your dyin' breath

You might find your soul

Mama done told me once or twice

You gotta fill your heart

With that Jesus Christ

And baby then you will know

That love can keep the devil below

Effortlessly cast a stone

And count the ripples on into infinity

Pray in time to atone and wash away

Those days when this old flesh would not Deny the thirst for blood upon the vine

No time heals the devil you know

Just gotta break that deal or down the road You might find yourself alone an old

And in your dyin' breath

You might find your soul

Mama done told me once or twice

You gotta fill your heart

With that Jesus Christ

And baby then you will know

That love can keep the devil below

No time heals the devil you know

Just gotta break that deal or down the road You might find yourself alone an old

And in your dyin' breath

You might find your soul

Mama done told me once or twice

You gotta fill your heart

With that Jesus Christ

And baby then you will know

That love can keep the devil below

No time heals the devil you know

Just gotta break that deal or down the road You might find yourself alone an old

And in your dyin' breath

You might find your soul

Mama done told me once or twice

You gotta fill your heart

With that Jesus Christ

And baby then you will know

That love can keep the devil below