- Auteur : Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
- Album : Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood (2020)
- Durée : 4 min 16 s
La chanteuse de bluegrass américaine Gillian Welch a publié cette chanson sur son deuxième album, Hell Among the Yearlings, sorti en 1998.
Paroles
I was just a boy of two
I was just a boy of two
With a golden heart and a button shoe
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
There’s something wrong with the butcher’s boy
There’s something wrong with the butcher’s boy
He trembled in his hand and voice
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
The others knew to let him be
But the devil had a hold of me
The tailpipe spit and the engine roared
The tailpipe spit and the engine roared
I’m waving out the Plymouth door
And the devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
I dreamt last night my time was done
I dreamt last night my time was done
My soul flew out to the holy one
But the devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I snapped back down when he pulled my lead
The devil had a hold of me
There’re those that laugh and don’t believe
There’re those that laugh and don’t believe
’til you feel that touch upon your sleeve
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
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