The Tennessee Kid-Steve Earle & The Dukes

[ti:The Tennessee Kid] [ar:Steve Earle & The Dukes] [al:Terraplane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Tennessee Kid - Steve Earle & The Dukes [00:23.19]On Mardi Gras day the Tennessee kid [00:25.72]Awoke in a puddle [00:26.91]Of his own worst fears [00:28.88] [00:29.40]Haunted by the ghost [00:30.55]Of vague remembrance [00:32.17]No corporeal beast he could name [00:34.87] [00:35.60]So the kid invoked Lucifer himself [00:38.79] [00:39.33]With oaths most grievously discourteous [00:43.03]And charged him submit [00:44.59]Forthwith to atone [00:46.58]At the crossroads [00:47.40] [00:47.92]Celebrated in song [00:49.65]Come on [00:50.25] [01:04.71]Up jumped the devil [01:06.24]In the middle of the thoroughfare [01:07.95]Who dares to utter my most secret name [01:10.30]He roared [01:11.52]But the kid yielded not so much as an inch [01:14.09]To uncertainty [01:15.31]Steadfast he rejoined the enemy in kind [01:18.87]Old patch then Satan Mephistopheles [01:21.51]Beelzebub [01:22.75]By any other name you ain't nothin' [01:24.36]Like a rose [01:25.98]Then he girded his loins for the [01:27.54]Ensuing onslaught [01:29.29]But the devil only shrugged and the kid [01:31.42]Shuddered when he hissed he said [01:33.31]Hey hey hey hey [01:35.11] [01:36.78]Hey hey hey hey [01:38.72] [01:40.37]Hey hey hey hey [01:42.73] [01:43.24]The balance comes due someday [01:46.10] [01:47.17]Wait just one goddamn minute cried the kid [01:50.08]From the cumberland [01:50.80]You never mention nothin' [01:52.24]'Bout no kinda note [01:53.92]Just said sign here it's just a soul [01:56.46]You'll never miss it [01:57.92]I ain't set foot in a church since I was just [02:00.02]A little ol' thang [02:01.32]Reckoned I was headed straight to hell [02:03.16]By the highway [02:04.42]No matter how long and how hard [02:06.52]That I prayed [02:07.98]So I might as well learn how to make [02:09.93]This guitar talk [02:11.62]Somebody said ol' Bob Johnson [02:13.33]Came down this way [02:14.82]And Devil say [02:15.70]Hey hey hey hey [02:17.23] [02:18.81]Hey hey hey hey [02:20.85] [02:22.58]Hey hey hey hey [02:25.02]When the balance comes due someday [02:28.28] [02:56.82]And the monster raised himself up [02:58.53]To the fullness of his stature [03:00.91]Black wings eclipsing a sanguine [03:03.23]Mississippi moon [03:04.84]Behold behemoth the trampler [03:06.85]Of infidels [03:08.03]He who sweeps away nations [03:09.61]With a flick of his tail [03:11.45]Theopolis Agrrippa Faustus Paganini [03:14.78]Lurid and long is the tale of my prey [03:17.69]Question not the ironclad bond [03:20.25]Of my surety [03:21.70]Set down here in blood [03:23.17]In your very own hand [03:25.37] [03:28.44]And the Tennessee kid cast an eye [03:31.08] [03:32.36]On the list where his mark [03:33.80]Was indeed clearly inscribed [03:37.05]And he fell to his knees [03:38.37]But it was too late to pray [03:40.65]And with his very last breath he did say [03:44.05]Hey hey hey hey [03:45.32] [03:47.59]Hey hey hey hey [03:49.26] [03:51.29]Hey hey hey hey [03:53.41] [03:54.50]The balance comes due someday