The devil knows how to tell a lie.
He’ll con the foolish through and through
Impeccably dressed in a coat and tie.
Nobody hears the poor man’s cry
And anyhow what can you do?—
The devil knows how to tell a lie.
He’ll tell you (if you ask him why):
‘I’d not be here, if it weren’t true,
Impeccably dressed in a coat and tie.’
And though each day a thousand die
Success is for the chosen few.
The devil knows how to tell a lie.
I bet you think you’d never try
But he knows well you’d like it too—
Impeccably dressed in a coat and tie.
The world is burning by and by
But what he does is done for you.
The devil knows how to tell a lie
Impeccably dressed in a coat and tie.
by me
June 2 2020
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