Pickin' To Beat The Devil-Pure Prairie League

[ti:Pickin' To Beat The Devil] [ar:Pure Prairie League] [al:Two Lane Highway] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pickin' To Beat The Devil - Pure Prairie League [00:03.72]I make my rounds of the country churches [00:06.33] [00:06.93]Playing my guitar for free [00:08.93] [00:10.39]My repertoire is one hundred ninety [00:13.00] [00:13.79]Songs to god's glory [00:15.88] [00:16.87]Now i'm pickin to beat the devil [00:19.48] [00:20.42]And you know he's on my tail [00:22.67] [00:23.90]But the lord is in my fingers [00:26.44] [00:27.75]And he won't let me fail [00:29.79] [00:31.31]I found myself in a roadside barroom [00:34.95]I was drinking my time away [00:36.99] [00:39.16]Kentucky woman and tennessee whiskey [00:41.52] [00:42.30]It's gonna be hell to pay [00:44.15] [00:45.81]A worn out chevy and a beat up martin is all i'll ever own [00:50.88] [00:52.41]My worthless life is dedicated to bringing god's children home [00:58.11] [00:59.59]Now i'm pickin to beat the devil [01:02.37] [01:03.13]And you know he's on my tail [01:05.40] [01:06.54]But the lord is in my fingers [01:08.88] [01:10.55]And he won't let me fail [01:12.44] [01:48.37]Fourteen songs and a temperance sermon that's what a good meal buys [01:53.60] [01:54.89]For a little extra there's a guitar solo called reward in the sky [02:00.67] [02:01.95]Now i'm pickin to beat the devil [02:04.48] [02:05.35]And you know he's on my tail [02:07.78] [02:08.85]But the lord is in my fingers [02:11.49] [02:12.86]And he won't let me fail [02:14.86] [02:16.00]Now i'm pickin to beat the devil [02:18.55] [02:19.59]And you know he's on my tail [02:21.89] [02:23.09]But the lord is in my fingers [02:28.82] [02:32.28]And he won't let me fail