
Date of issue: 28.05.2020
Record label: Mailboat
Song language: English
The Devil I Know |
Three in the morning came without a warning |
Wound up with some old buccaneers |
Tellin' lies about the time I won the Nobel Prize |
Guess who bought all the beers |
Well, you’d think I’d have tamed my old dragons by now |
I’ve always tried to be a good scout |
But every now and then they come swoopin' in |
Saying, «Bubba, it’s time to go out» |
Now it’s fun to wake up in a strange chateau |
After racing 'round Paris in a Deux Chevaux |
My wingman’s crashing but I’m not flying solo |
'Cause he traded places with the devil I know |
Devil I know, devil I know |
Well, life can be confusing but things need excusin' |
To separate the turns from the twists |
If I had a Richter scale for spouting forked tales |
We’d all be high on that shit list |
Well, the hitch to living hard is when you drop your guard |
And wind up in a headline or a cell |
Then compromise, or worse, apologize |
Welcome to the world of sinkin' spells |
Messing with my mind was fun at the time |
Tossing to and fro in a tricky undertow |
Deviants and derelicts, lurking high and low |
Ridin' shotgun with the devil I know |
Devil I know, devil I know |
Let’s go ridin', devil |
There were times, there were places |
We played near and far |
From the old Anchor Inn to the Suez Canal bar |
From the Kraken to Manhattan |
Le Select to Old Saigon |
Mojitos in Havana |
Timbuktu 'til dawn |
Three in the mornin', feral cats are yawnin' |
Full moon sinking in the bay |
Spoonbills in flight, oh, what a sight |
As I sip on my café au lait |
Well, the birds got me thinkin' 'bout going day drinkin' |
A hall pass to be the old me |
Don’t need hops and barley to throw a little party |
Señorita, una mas iced tea |
Hell, it’s fun to go fishing on a new slack tide |
Wake up living life on the flip side |
Them dragons ain’t gone, but they’re fading like an old tattoo |
Lots of mystery in the history of the devils I knew |
Devils I knew, devils I knew |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Knee Deep ft. Jimmy Buffett | 2010 |
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere ft. Jimmy Buffett | 2006 |
Margaritaville | 1992 |
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die ft. Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow | 2020 |
A Pirate Looks At Forty | 1992 |
Playin' the Loser Again ft. Bill Withers | 2018 |
Cheeseburger In Paradise | 1992 |
License to Chill ft. Kenny Chesney | 2018 |
Christmas Island | 1995 |
Who's The Blonde Stranger? | 1992 |
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don't Love Jesus | 1975 |
Come Monday | 1992 |
Why Don't We Get Drunk | 1992 |
One Particular Harbour | 1992 |
Scarlet Begonias | 2018 |
Fins | 1992 |
Brown Eyed Girl | 1992 |
La Vie Dansante | 1986 |
Go Cubs Go ft. Steve Goodman | 2017 |
School Boy Heart | 1995 |