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The Devil Ain't An Only Child

by Jhett Black

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Well, I met the devil, up off fifty-three,
From the window of his Cadillac, he called out to me.
He said 'I got something, boy, that I know you need,
and I can help you out his one time if you can do something for me.'
He handed me a forty-five, and my palm found the grip -
I wonder if I knew then it'd be so hard to let go of it.

I was sent to prison, facing a hopeless trial,
that's where I found out the devil wasn't an only child.
Turned out the warden was his next-of-kin
when he sent me out on parole to do a similar thing for him.

[Chorus]
I got the pistol, you got the blood,
I ain't gonna stop 'till i hear the thud,
I pull the trigger and you hit the mud
'cause the devil is payin' for your head son.

People started talking now in the circles that exist
where a man with my background could be so hard to resist.
So I met the governor - way down in Arkansas.
Told me I could be a righteous man if I would join his cause.
With a bullet proof vest sent over seas, now 'fighting to be free'
doing the work of the devil and his presidency.

[Chorus]

Again I was sent to prison, this time my war crimes on trial,
When they asked me how I pleaded,
I said, 'the devil ain't an only child.'

[Chorus]

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released October 14, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Jhett Black
Produced, mixed, mastered and Recorded by Déhá Amsg

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Jhett Black Nashville, Tennessee

Foot stomping rhythms and raucous slide guitar wage war on struggle beneath the bass/baritone howls
of Jhett Black.
After a decade of playing dive bars, the recent pandemic has forced his hands back into
the rural soil of his
youth. The blues, woven into the young man’s heart, pour out with the passionate
performance of an older soul.
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