The Devil Walks the Earth

the truth is hard to find 
they’re sweeping it away 
they’re telling lies each hour 
every hour of the day 
the skies are black with smoke 
the rivers full of trash
deep in his hole the devil counts
the devil counts his cash
his cash
his cash  

the devil walks the earth 
he only cares for money 
see what he’s done, good lordy mercy now
it sure ain’t funny
he wants to own the world 
the water and the air
he wants to call what is and brother 
what is not your share
your share
your share
 
he’ll tell you greed is good
he’ll come off like your friend
he’ll only bring you misery 
only misery in the end
 his heart is like a shaft
his greed is ten miles deep
he haunts me now til i can't get no sleep
no sleep
no sleep 

he’s filled with cold desire 
his lust it knows no bounds 
his frightful voice all through the night 
all through the night resounds 
there ain’t nowhere to run
his evil’s like a chain
that wraps around the sky 
around the sky and fouls the rain
the rain 
the rain  

he’s holding all the cards 
he’s gonna clean you out 
he’ll take all that you got 
all that you got and that’s no doubt 
got helpers everywhere
in mansions on the hill
if they can carve you up 
they’ll carve you up, they surely will 
they will
they will

good people of the earth 
i hope we can unite
this greedy devil, lord you know it’s him 
we got to fight 
the stakes are very high
this fight we can’t refuse
our very life 
our very life is what we stand to lose
to lose
to lose 




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