Guess I had to find out the hard way
|
The things that I have come here to learn
|
Fire of this pleasure, it can warm me
|
But in the end it only burns
|
He could put me high on a pedestal
|
He could rob me of my shame
|
He could hold me down under water
|
Till I could not remember my own name
|
|
In my mind, I see the house I'm buildin'
|
In my hands, the hammer and the nail
|
Gonna send my wishes up to Glory
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
|
In my time I've done some meanness
|
Brought the ones I love so much pain
|
Pride, it was eatin' all my heart away
|
My soul it was rustin' in the rain
|
And all these sins I am confessin'
|
They still come knockin' on my door
|
But I know better than to answer
|
I tell them that girl don't live here anymore
|
|
In my mind, I see the house I'm buildin'
|
In my hands, the hammer and the nail
|
Gonna send my wishes up to Glory
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
|
Every livin' thing is callin' out to me
|
The leaves on the trees wave me on
|
Got a wind to lift me when I'm fallin'
|
Got a road to put my feet upon
|
|
In my mind, I see the house I'm buildin'
|
In my hands, the hammer and the nail
|
Gonna send my wishes up to Glory
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
|
In my mind, I see the house I'm buildin'
|
In my hands, the hammer and the nail
|
Gonna send my wishes up to Glory
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
Gonna shake that devil off my trail
|
|
-----------------
|
Shake The Devil
|
| Joan Osborne |
