The Devil Has A Good Eye Lyrics

Found me a pretty girl

With dark and curly hair

She had eyes like a sunrise

And a smile beyond compare

Her smile beyond compare

I decided to make her mine

No matter the cost

Wish I had known then

That I was already lost

I was already lost

I wrote her songs and poetry

And came around to call

Never even realizing

Just how far I'd fall

Just how far I'd fall

The devil has a good eye

For the weakness of a man

And my dark-haired pretty girl

Was all part of his plan

All part of his plan

There's a house deep in the woods

Built on guilt and shame

It cost me my freedom

And lost me my good name

Lost me my good name

Her eyes burned with teardrops

As she told the tale

Her cries drowned out reason

And I could not stand the wail

Could not stand the wail

He was cruel and evil

And always had been

His rage red and angry

As the marks on her skin

As the marks on her skin

But the devil has a good eye

For the weakness of a man

And my dark-haired pretty girl

Helped explain his plan

Helped explain his plan

I waited for the moonless night

And crept into the wood

But I wasn't the only one

Was up to no good

Was up to no good

The devil has a good eye

For the weakness of a man

And my dark-haired pretty girl

Helped him make the plan

Helped him make the plan

I stood there pistols empty

My breath a ragged rasp

He fell limp on the cold floor

And then he breathed his last

Then he breathed his last

She screamed in terror

And ran through the open door

To the waiting arms of the sheriff

Who she'd called before

Who she's called before

Her eyes burned with teardrops

As she told the tale

Her cries broke the Jury

They could not stand the wail

They could not stand the wail

The devil has a good eye

For the weakness of a man

And my dark-haired pretty girl

Was all along his plan

All along his plan