The Silver Tongued Devil and I

And I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beer I sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as soft as her hair As I was searchin' from bottle to bottle for somethin' unfoolish to say That silver-tongued devil just slipped from the shadows and smilingly stoled her away I said, "Hey, little girl Don't you know he's the devil?" He's everything that I ain't Hiding intentions of evil intentions under the smile of a saint All he's good for is getting in troublе And shiftin' his share of the blame And somе people swear he's my double And some even say we're the same But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose I'll only live 'til I die We take our own chances and pay our own dues I say, we pay our own dues, I take, uh He takes most of the chances and I still pay most of the dues We don't do it in the same place anymore 'Cause I quit drinking, about five years ago and that rascal, huh He doesn't like my Gatorade But it don't matter, 'cause no matter where he is tonight If he's out drinking all the tequila in Texas with Willie Nelson I don't care 'cause it's not as good as what's goin' down right here, right now The silver-tongued devil and I