Devil's Tall-Tale Blues Lyrics

He lit his cigarette with a smoking gun

Said"come, let me tell you, let me tell you, son

I got a hole in my pocket and the law to run from"

He said"I shot a man down, he was a liar, I'm the liar now"

He sang, la la la la la, la la la la la

The story started in the dead of night, it went on until the morning light

I sat and listened till my ears wore thin

He said"put your ears to the wilderness, it cries my name, sounds something like this

It cries my name, sounds something like this, it goes

La la la la la, la la la la la"

He lit his cigarette with a smoking gun Said"he's not my father, I'm a bastard son

I got a hole in my heart and a God to run from"

He said"I traveled far to the edge of the land, met the man who put the gun in my hand"

He sang, la la la la la, la la la la la

His journey started down at heaven's gates, itt rode on until the end of days

I walked behind him the whole goddamn way

He said"put your ears to the wilderness, it cries my name, sounds something like this, it cries my name, sounds something like this, it goes

La la la la la, la la la la la"

He said"put your ears to the wilderness, it cries my name, sounds something like this, it cries my name, sounds something like this, it goes

La la la la la, la la la la la"