The Devil Kept His Word

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Reviewed lyrics for The Devil Kept His Word.

That Old Screen Door

when my baby walked away Sun came crawling through

my window But it never brought me day

Got cold black coffee sitting where his warm hands

used to be Got cold black coffee sitting where

his warm hands used to be And that clock

keeps counting heartaches like it's keeping time on me

I got that midnight howl, Lord, way down inside

my bones I got that midnight howl, Lord, way

down inside my bones Ain't no wolf out in

that darkness Just a woman crying all alone

I walk down to the crossroads With my shoes

full of red clay Lord, I walked down to

the crossroads For the breaking of the day

Met a man who cast no shadow Said he'd

take my blues away He said, woman, I can

give you a voice Make the dead rise from

the ground He said, woman, I'll give you a

voice, make the dead rise from the ground.

But every soul that hears you singing, gonna know

that lonesome sound.

Well, I laid my soul down in the dirt

And that stranger gave me a song Yes, I

laid my soul down in the dirt And that

stranger gave me a song Now I sing for

all these people But my baby still is gone

They throw their silver at my feet Say my

singing sounds so fine They throw their silver at

my feet Lord, say my singing sounds so fine

But they don't hear that devil laughing Every time

I sing a line I got that midnight howl,

Lord, way down inside my bones I got that

midnight howl, Lord, way down inside my bones Ain't

no wolf out in that darkness just a woman

crying all alone now the whole world knows my

sorrow and they call it something sweet yeah the

whole world knows my sorrow while they're dancing at

my feet but the devil's got my soul Oh

Lord, and my baby's down the street

If you hear me howl at midnight Don't you

come and call my name If you hear me

howl at midnight Don't you come and call my

name I sold my soul to sing these blues

And the blues still sound the same