To Beat The Devil

Verse 1:(spoken) It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul And keep the chilly wind off my guitar Verse 2:(spoken) My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams I left my pride and stepped inside a bar Bridge:(spoken) Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern... Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floor Friendly shadows Verse 3:(spoken) I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are" I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer Verse 1-bis:(spoken) He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it" I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?" I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar" I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me Verse sang 1: If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind Who were crucified for what they tried to show And their voice's have been scattered by this world and winds of times Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know Verse 4:(spoken) Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor And lonesome was more than a state of mind Verse 2-bis:(spoken) You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him You got to beat him I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing Then i stole his song Verse sang 2: And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know