the devil's feet

when i was a child a story was told

about the devil and a girl oh so bold

he offered her riches

a fortune of gold

and lovers abound

but she lifted her soul

she lifted her soul clean oh clean

and like the story was told

on a dark country road

the same man appeared to me

but i reached

i reached

through the rain to the devil's feet

now twenty years later to the place i return

where i scorned the angels for a passion that burned

there set in the tree a knot twisted and turned

the face of a creature hell bound

so long ago could my mind have played jokes on me

as darkness sets in unavoidable sin

the truth i try not to believe

that i reached i reached

through the rain to the devil's feet