If I Was the Devil

If I was the Devil

I'd hang out in Blue Eye, Missouri

Where the water and the mountain collide

And I'd scare all the little children

And rumble around beneath the beds

Tell 'em all kind of stories

I can't help, but get them stuck in their head

Then I'd take out some of your livestock

You can blame it on the beast of the night

You know it was me

Same as you know wrong and right

If I was the Devil

I'd go and find your preacher man

Crusty and white hair

I'd tell him that hell is on the way

Scare him out of his skin

See the brimstone in his eyes

And then a band of fat white deacons

Would take him far away

That would be just fine with me

If I was the Devil

If I was the Devil

Well, I'd gather up all of your dreams

And drop them to the bottom of a black lagoon

And I'd steal away all your patience

Steal away all your pride

Leave you with nothin', but uncontrollable fear

And then I'd revel in my masterpiece

As I dance around with the night

Down in Blue Eye, Missouri

Where the water and the mountain collide

Mile upon mile, got no direction

We're all playin' the same game

We're all lookin' for redemption

We're just afraid to say the name

So caught up now in pretendin'

What we're seekin' is the truth

I'm just lookin' for a happy endin'

All I'm lookin' for is you

You came upon me, wave on wave

You're the reason I'm still here

Am I the one you were sent to save?

You came upon me, wave on wave

Wandered out into the water

And I thought that I might drown

I don't know what I was after

Just know I was goin' down

And that's when she found me

Not afraid anymore

She said, "You know, I always had you, baby"

"Just waitin' for you to find what you were lookin' for"

And you came upon me, wave on wave

You're the reason I'm still here

Am I the one you were sent to save?

And you came upon me, wave on wave

Wave on wave

Wave on wave

And you came upon me, wave on wave

You're the reason I'm still here

Am I the one you were sent to save?

And you came upon me, wave on wave

The clouds broke and the angels cried

"You ain't gotta wipe the floor"

That's why it put me in your way

And you came upon me, wave on wave

Wave on wave

Wave on wave

Wave on wave

Wave on wave