[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

But she lifted her soul

She lifted her soul clean, oh clean

Like the story was told on a dark country road

The same man appeared to me

[Chorus]

But I reached, I reached

Through the rain to the devil's feet

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

So long ago

Could my mind have played jokes on me, oh please

As darkness sets in unavoidable sin

The truth I try not to believe

[Chorus]

I reached, I reached

Through the rain to the devil's feet

I reached, I reached

Through the rain to the devil's feet