Augustana – Devils Blue Eyes (Guitar)

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I pull up my blanket

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Up to my ears

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In an old Irish prison

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Stained with tears

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I'm trapped in a jail cell

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Black and grey

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But I ain't afraid man

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So see that I leave

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But I ain't been locked here

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More than my crime

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He used to be walking

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With faith by my side

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I went and lost it

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On a warm summer night

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The night that I saw him

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With the Devil's blue eyes

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See I was a good man

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A long time ago

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Born and raised in surreals

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New Mexico

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See I had a mother

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Sweet as could be

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She said son don't you follow

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Your daddy's bad ways

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So I found a woman

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She was my wife

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We made a living

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And a beautiful child

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Damn we were happy

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With plenty of cash

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But then my sweet lord

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Took my babies and left

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See I was just walking

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On a cold winter eve

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Took the train home then

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And took out my keys

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Unlocked the front door

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Only to find

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And the blood had run dry

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He raped them and shot them

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And shot them through twice

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I screamed through the ceiling

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And ran through the house

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I saw his face covered

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With the blood of my wife

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That's when I saw him

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With the Devil's blue eyes

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And before I could catch him

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He had escaped

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I got on my knees

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And I started to pray

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I said what have we done here

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To deserve such pain

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Sweet lord you're a liar

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And I'm alone once again

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Lord if I may ask you

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For one simple thing

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I'd pray that I'd find him

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You did these deeds

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I'd kill that man slowly

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So he no longer breathes

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Oh and if I am hell bound

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Then so let it be

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Some 40 years later

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I was barely alive

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Travelling the world

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With revenge by my side

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I was passing through Dublin

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On a carnival ride

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And that's when I saw him

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With the Devil's blue eyes

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It took me a moment

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To round supplies

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So I pulled out my black gun

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And I shot him through twice

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He fell down quite slowly

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No resistance or tears

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He looked in to my eyes

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And then it was clear

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As I watched him there dying

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A thought came to mind

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What good had I done here

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I'd taken his life

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His blood run across me

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And soaked me through right

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Then I'd become

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The Devil's blue eyes

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So I pull up my blanket

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Up to my ears

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In an old Irish prison

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Stained with tears

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And although I've done wrong

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And cursed the skies

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So now I will die here

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With the Devil's blue eyes