Soul Custody Lyrics

You know me, I could be your best friend

Making dreams come true from the eastside to the west end

But perhaps an introduction is in order,

Some see me as sinister, but I'm a simple soul sorter

They paint me as the bad guy, guile incarnate

Horned and mustachioed, styled in scarlet

As you can see, I'm quite well-dressed and kempt

Clean-shaven and I write off the rest as contempt

They got it out for me, but that's neither here nor there

They're the ones who made this world neither clear nor fair

And evil? I wouldn't go quite that far

I don't claim to be faultless, but we are who we are

And all I'm here do is make your dreams a reality

You wanna fly? Let me take care of gravity

Fame, power, sex? You want it then have it, see

I'm here for you, to assist in your depravity

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Why just imagine: Rich, better looking

More powerful, number one, so rich, more

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Here's your chance. You have a choice!

I believe that I had found the answer: Yes

Now let me level with you, it's a two-way street

You get whatever grips you, but the loot ain't free

If I'm gonna give you the world, I best be seeing returns

The promise of your soul before this meeting adjourns

One-time deal, so you can take or leave it

Offer so real you couldn't make believe it

You got the rest of your life before the payment's due

It's like no money down until you're through

It's always up to you, you could plot the devout route

Or you can go through me and get your lot without doubt

But candy or rock whether or not you found out

It might taste sweet but it'll rot your mouth out

The paperwork's drawn up here on the desk

So if you're up for the deal, let's endorse the check

Now, while it might not be as diabolical as mine

I'm gonna need your signature right here on this dotted line

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Why just imagine: Rich, better looking

More powerful, number one, so rich, more

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Here's your chance. You have a choice!

I believe that I had found the answer: Yes

You made a big decision here today, my friend

The smart one, too, and that I commend

But why so worried, it's not like you're the first

A lot of clients ended up accepting the curse

That kid Nic from Genoa, used to play on the street

Plucked a mandolin so his family could eat

Just seven years old when he made the trade

Best damned fiddler to this day to play

And Little Robert Dusty from Robinsonville

He was always awful trusty and honest until

That late night by old Will Dockery's plantation

When we bartered for that musical incantation

And fair warning: after this visit's conclusion

You'll convince yourself that I was just a vivid delusion

And in time, my memory will fade to a rumor

But I'll be back to collect, later or sooner

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Why just imagine: Rich, better looking

More powerful, number one, so rich, more

I'm about to offer you the greatest deal in the world

Here's your chance. You have a choice!

I believe that I had found the answer: Yes