You wanna beat the devil You’ve got to find someone to take the blame You wanna beat the devil You’ve got to learn to play his game
You tied me to the wall For all your friends to see Well don’t you know where you can pin it, baby If you got a tail for me I really thought I knew the picture But couldn’t see through your disguise When you gave me the apple I just had to bite
You wanna beat the devil…
How you gonna win? If you don’t put up a fight Some runners they don’t even know The race they’re in is right The end’s already fixed And there’s no place to complain Onlookers pass by tragedy And they mutter ‘what a shame’
You wanna beat the devil…
I wasn’t born last week Not really all that dumb Maybe it’s not my beat But baby, at least I know where I’m from I really thought I was seasoned But it was clear in black and white That when you gave me the apple I just had to bite
What say?
You wanna beat the devil…
Jimmy’s down the corner Man, he’s acting nonchalant He don’t really have nothing But he’s got everything you want He’s really very hip man Really very cool He don’t work for a living But the same don’t go to school We walk and ride the subway That’s the way we get around We never cross 14th Street Man, that’s way too far uptown We’re in our ’63 drag Living on the street Playing rock & roll Baby, that is all you need
