I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern
To buy me a bottle of beer
And I sat myself down by a tender young maiden
With eyes as dark as her hair
And as I was searching from bottle to bottle
For something un-foolish to say
The silver tongued devil he slipped from the shadows
And smiling he stole her away
Chorus:
I said hey, little girl, don t you know he s the devil
He s everything that I ain t
Hiding intentions of evil, under the smile of a saint
All he s good for is getting in trouble
And shifting his share of the blame
Some 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 till I die
We take our own chances, we ll pay our own dues [pause}
The silver tongued devil and I
Like all the young maidens who d laid down beside him
She knew in her heart that he d lied
But nothing that I could have said could have saved her
No matter how hard that I tried
Cause she ll offer charms to the darkness and danger
Of something that she s never known
And open her arms to the smile of a stranger
Who ll love her and leave her alone
Chorus:
And you know, he s the devil
(rest of chorus as above)