Jim St. James

Lyrics

WELL CHARLIE BROKE THE LOCK
THAT WAS HOLDING THE GOLD
HE FILLED UP HIS POCKETS
MORE THAN HE COULD HOLD!
HE CRAWLED LIKE A TURTLE
TO THE GETAWAY CAR
AND NOW HE'S COUNTING UP HIS LOSSES
FROM BEHIND THE BARS

YOU BETTER THINK TWICE
BOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO
IT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT
LIKE YOU WANT IT TOO
WELL HERE'S A MATTER OF FACT
YOU BETTER KNOW
YOU'LL LEARN A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD

WELL SWEET LORETTA MARTIN
CASHED A COUPLE OF CHECKS
SHE SORTA KINDA BORROWED
FROM HER BOSSES DESK
WELL SHE WAS SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN
TO A LUXURY TUNE
BUT NOW SHE'S PEELING THEM POTATOES
TO THE CELL BLOCK BLUES

YOU BETTER THINK TWICE'
BOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO
IT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT
LIKE YOU WANT IT TOO
WELL HERE'S A MATTER OF FACT
YOU BETTER KNOW
YOU'LL LEARN A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD

THE DEVIL'S ROAD, THE DEVIL'S ROAD
WELL IT'S A ONE WAY TICKET
IT'LL CITE YOUR SOUL
TAKE IT FROM ME BECAUSE I SURELY KNOW
YOU'LL LEARN A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD

WELL I WAS DRY COUNTY RUNNING
WITH SOME CASES OF SHINE
AT 80 MILES AN HOUR I WAS DOING FINE
UNTIL A STATE BOY PULLED ME OVER
AT THE COUNTY LINE
AND SO I WROTE YOU UP THIS STORY
AS I DID MY TIME

YOU BETTER THINK TWICE
BOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO
IT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT
LIKE YOU WANT IT TOO
WELL HERE'S A MATTER OF FACT
YOU BETTER KNOW
YOU'LL LEARN A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD

THE DEVIL'S ROAD, THE DEVIL'S ROAD
WELL IT'S A ONE WAY TICKET
IT'LL CITE YOUR SOUL
TAKE IT FROM ME BECAUSE I SURELY KNOW
YOU'LL LEARN A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD

A LESSON
IF YOU'RE MESSING
DOWN THE DEVIL'S ROAD..