Well the Devil rode the back roads to Baltimore

With his hands all untied, the stain of sin

As he shuffled up from door to door

Shined up his shoes, combed back his hair

Drove into the silence like an engineer

Eyes half-open, no hurry to his pace

Mouth an open mark upon his angel face

Oh, the Devil sat his night as in Halifax

And he hid some bones 'neath the graveyard stones

He hid his name inside the railroad track

He sank in the ocean 'til he swam like a dog

Floated up the harbour on a hollow log

Hand on the bottle, head on the floor

Dreamed a devil's dream while you swallowed more

But he's just the Devil

He's just the Devil

You wanna let the Devil in

Now the Devil laid a black egg in Winnipeg

Another broken seed, another mouth to feed

A little fox startin' to incubate

Lyin' in the bedroom, hand in your hair

Perfect sense of emptiness for us to share

Moon like a splinter and the hail on the ground

I sent 'em off a thank you as the weight came down

But he's just the Devil

He's just the Devil

I wanna let the Devil in

But he's just the Devil

He's just the Devil

I wanna let the Devil win