Lyrics Old Devil Time - Pete Seeger, Gaudeamus

Old Devil Time

Old devil time, I’m gonna fool you now
Old devil time, you’d like to bring me down
When I feel low, my lovers gather round
And help me rise to fight you one more time
Old devil pain, you’ve often pinned me down
You thought I’d cry and beg you for the end
At that very time my lovers gathered round
And helped me rise to fight you one more time
Old devil fear, you with your icy hands
Old devil fear, you’d like to freeze me cold
When I’m afraid, my lovers gather round
And help me rise to fight you one more time
Old devil hate, I knew you long ago
Before I learned the poison in your breath
Now when I hear your lies my lovers gather round
And help me rise to fight you one more time
No storm nor fire can ever beat us down
No wind that blows but carries us further on
And you who fear, oh lovers gather round
And we will rise to sing it one more time