Devil Song

Devil are you about today?
I saw a giant man
It could’ve been you
Hunched neck, bloody eyes
Grinning he stopped traffic
Several times

He waits until the sun goes down
And always holds the door
He mingles with the crowds downtown
Admiring their smiles

And meanwhile I’m afraid
The ghosts outside know my name
They came in on the tide
But what of their boats?

Strange patterns in the windows
Like news some TV just forgot
He’d love to, he’d really love to

Head out, and leave the world
Covered in a garden…

He’d spend his time
At play with angels
That stayed away

He reads the minds
Of children as they play
He counts to 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9
10 times a day
It doesn’t matter when
He isn’t about to compromise his fun

It was only five
Lifetimes that God told him to go away for
It’s looking pretty grim
But maybe he’ll change his mind

Strange patterns in the windows
Like news some TV just forgot
He’d love to, he’d really love to

He’d love to be a kid again
An angel at God’s side
He thinks he’d be happy as
A child of God
A friend of man