way and speakin' his own words facin' and forgettin' every warnin' that he heard makin' friends and takin' any crazy chance he could gettin' busted for the bad times and
to go but to bed and to sleep. Chorus: Lord, would you look at you Now that you?re here, ain?t you Proud of your peers And the long way you?ve come?
no use cryin' It can't help her now. The party's all over Drink up and go home. It's too late to love her And leave her alone. Just say she was
son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray He said Lord I wanna be a Christian soldier just like you And fight to build a new and better day Now many years and
knees. I'd pay her no attention as she tagged along beside me, Trying hard to copy ev'rything I did; But I couldn't keep from smiling when I'd hear
the people and the places that I've been. Teachin' me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying. Talkin' of tomorrow and the money, love and
the same. "But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose, "I'll only live 'til I die. "We take our own chances and pay our own dues, "The silver tongued devil and I
ll take her to places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to He'll take his time before takin' advantage takin' her easy and slow And after he's taken the body and
tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars, And he?s traded in tomorrow for today-- Runnin? from his devils, lord, and reachin? for the stars, And
that I guess I've ever known And it made me wanna smile, when I loved her. I know some of us were born to cast our fortunes to the winds And I guess
the same But the silver tongued devil's got nothing to lose I'll only live till I die We take our own chances and pay our own dues the silver tongued devil and I
the same But the silver tongued devil's got nothing to lose I'd only live till I die We take our own chances and pay our own dues the silver tongued devil and I
same. "But the silver-tongued devil's got nothing to lose, "I'll only live 'til I die. "We take our own chances and pay our own dues, "The silver tongued devil and I