Me and the Devil

Early this mornin', when you knocked upon my door
Early this mornin', when you knocked upon my door
And I said, "Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go"

Me and the devil, walkin' side by side
Me and the devil, walkin' side by side
And I'm goin' to see my woman, until I get satisfied

She say you don't see why, that you will dog me 'round
(Now, babe, you know you ain't doin' me right)
Say, don't see why, you will dog me 'round
It must be that old evil spirit, so deep down in the ground

You may bury my body, down by the highway side
(I don't care where you bury my body when I'm gone)
You may bury my body, down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit, can catch a Greyhound bus and ride

Standing in the ruins of another black mans life
 Or flying through the valley
 separating day and night
 I am Death, cried the Vulture,
 for the people of the light
 Charon brought his raft
 from the sea that sails on souls
 and I saw the scavenger departing
 taking warm hearts to the cold
 he knew the ghetto was a harem
 for the meanest creature ever known
 in a wilderness of heart break
 in a desert of despair
 Evil's clarion of justice
 shrieks a cry of naked terror
 taking babies from their mamas
 leaving grief beyond compare
 so if you see the vulture coming
 flying circles in your mind
 remember there is no escaping
 for he will follow close behind

only promise me a battle
 a battle for your soul and mine
 and mine
 and mine