Devil Went Down to Georgia
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It's been ten long years since
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The devil laid his fiddle at Johnny's feet
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And it burned inside his mind
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The way he suffered that defeat
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In the darkest pits of hell
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The devil hatched an evil plan
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To tempt the fiddle player for
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He's just a mortal man
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"The sin of pride," the devil
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Cried is what will do you in
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"I thought we had this settled,
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I'm the best there's ever been."
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Johnny did you ever know
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That time keeps marching on
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The coldest hour is the one
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Comes just before the dawn
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The devil's back in Georgia
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Will you stand up to the test
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Or will you let the devil be the best?
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"In truth I haven't played much
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Since the baby came in June
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But give me half a minute an'
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I'll get this fiddle back in tune"
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The devil grabbed the golden
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Fiddle out of Johnny's hand and said
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"Though I'm the fiddle player
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Underground and I walk upon the land"
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"Y'all just better be just turnin'
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Back if you want this boy to win
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'Cos practice is the only cure for
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The predicament he's in"
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"Now devil it would be a sin
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For you to get my bow
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You go on back to hell and to
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The wood shed I will go"
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Johnny are you practising or
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Will your hands grow cold?
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The devil walks the land and
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Plays a fiddle made of gold
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Can you hear the babe a crying,
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Will he ever know
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The devil wants his daddy's very soul?
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"Before we play I want to
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Thank you for letting God's
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Own Word ring true
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He said you can't be trusted"
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"Yes but what you gonna do?"
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"Well you get your fiddle devil if
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You think that you can win
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'Cos I beat you once you old dog
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And I can whip your butt again"
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John Brown's green, the devil is red
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Mama's little baby loves short-nymph bread
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The devil's dream is that he can win
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But Johnny is the best that's ever been
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Devil Went Down to Georgia - Travis Tritt & Johnny Cash
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| Travis Tritt |
