Jake: I'm not gonna tell you You're making a mistake Tell you not to go No I won't I'll only say What I've learned along my way The devil you know Beats the devil you don't We don't work In the best of situations We don't live very well We don't live in the neighborhood of heaven We live somewhere closer to hell Now we have learned To work around the situation Learned to hide Till the heat has passed You will learn a promise of salvation Can mask another inferno's blast The devil you know Beats the devil you don't That promised land Could turn out to be dry Once you're gone You might ask yourselves why Maybe you will Or maybe you won't But the devil you know Beats the devil you don't Oh yeah
Roustabout #1: You don't know The world beyond the sideshow
Roustabout #2: You don't know What Satan can plan
Bearded Lady: You don't know The safety you'd be leaving
Sheik: We're your family We're your clan
Snake Girl: Here we're got Each other to depend on
Harem Girl #2: Here you've got The best home you'll ever find
Bearded Lady: Other folk Don't know how to take us
Jake: The world out there can be so unkind The devil you know Beats the devil you don't His game of chance Just might be a scam
Roustabout #1: Devil you know
Roustabout #2: Devil you know
Bearded Lady, Harem Girl #2, Roustabout #2, Snake Girl: Beats the devil The devil you don't
Sheik: Don't take that chance
Harem Girl #2, Sheik, Snake Girl: It's just a scam
Jake, Roustabout #3: You can't play Then decide you should scram
Jake, Roustabout #1, Roustabout #3, Sheik: Maybe you'll win Or maybe you won't But the devil you know
Bearded Lady, Harem Girl #2, Roustabout #2: Devil you know
Bearded Lady, Harem Girl #2, Jake, Roustabouts #1, 2, 3, Sheik, Snake Lady: Beats the devil you don't
6th Exhibit: How can you Say that man's a devil?
Roustabout #4: How can you Say he's wicked and bad?
Geek: How can you Criticize an angel
6th Exhibit, Geek, Roustabout #4: Promising more heaven Than they've ever had
Fortune Teller: I'm a fortune teller I can see the future I can look at people See what's lying ahead Violet and Daisy I see you're bound for glory That man who was here Will do all that he said That man's not a devil No - Believe it I won't He's not a devil No - And miss this chance I hope that they don't No don't No don't No don't
The "No" Group: What if he's a devil?
The "Yes" Group: What if he's not? He could be an angel
The "No" Group: That heaven forgot
Fortune Teller: I think you may be jealous
Jake: Jealous of what?
All: That Violet and Daisy Might give him a shot
The "No" Group: The devil you know Beats the devil you don't That promised land Could turn out to be dry So dry Once you're gone You might ask yourselves why Maybe you will But the devil you know But the devil you know But the devil you know
The "Yes" Group: He's not a devil I won't believe it Believe it I won't Understand He could be a good guy Why? Or maybe you won't No, no, he's not a devil No, no, he's not a devil No, no, he's not a devil
Jake: Alright Now we could argue all night Because we care about you two Maybe you will go Or maybe you won't But I hope you will remember That that mean old Money-grubbin' Gin-guzzlin' Name-callin' Devil you know Might be better than That smooth talkin' Fine-lookin' Dream-spinnin' Promise makin' Devil you don't
The "Yes" Group: No, no, no Don't call him a devil No, no, no Don't call him a devil No, no, no Don't call him a devil
The "No" Group: Beats the devil you don't Beats the devil you don't Beats the devil you
All: Don't
A few weeks pass and Terry returns to the sideshow...Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
