Devil

from HEMISPHERES || SOUTH by Merry Ellen Kirk

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i made a deal with the devil
she told me nothing’s for free
i made a deal with the devil
she looked a little like me

(oooh, who’s the devil
who’s the devil
who’s the devil in this deal)

signed my name on the dotted line
just to try it on for size
turned out the ink in the pen was blood
drawn from a crack in my heart
drawn from a crack down the middle of my heart

i’ve signed my name in the book of love
and i believe in a heaven above
and now i’ve been through the hell below
(the) border draws a line through the middle of my soul
a line through the middle of my soul

i heard nothing’s what it seems
now i know better what that means
cause i got a ditch that’s six foot deep
for burying away the dead of me
burying the dead of me

Cm Bb Cm
I can see it on the canyon wall
must’ve been there all along
G Bb F
the prophecy of the rising sun
Ab Bb Cm
ushering in the light of dawn
the light of the breaking dawn

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from HEMISPHERES || SOUTH, released January 3, 2021

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