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Devil's Cry

from 2 Old N Naz D by Biff Thuringer

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Whether or not you believe in God and/or the Devil, Heaven and/or Hell, there's definitely a bit of good-versus-evil wrassling going on in every young man's partially formed brain. Judging by all the assholes trashing the planet, evil seems to win the match more than half of the time.

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A man can dig ditches
A man can sell insurance
A man can wear some brown on his nose
A man can get a haircut and put on a blue suit
And he can wonder if his attitude shows
He can dream about the future but he won't get far
Without a personal invitation
From the demon at the center of his desperate heart
If you listen you can hear him cry:

Now you can be a poor man and suffer in your hungry world
Dangle at the end of your chain
Or you can be a rich man wanted by a million girls
Drowning in a sea of cocaine
Now I can see that your a winner, so I'll make you a deal
(For) the power that my influence buys
'Cause buddy nothing gives a a winner any bigger thrill
Than dejection in a loser's eyes

Well, a man can get angry
A man can get religious
A man can stick his thumb out and run
A man can try for office and pretend that he's good
Or he can get the same respect with a gun
He can try to understand it, but he won't know why
Without an intimate conversation
With the demon at the center of his two-faced heart
Come on and listen to the devil cry:

Now you can be a weak man and whine about your pitiful life
Hang there like a doll on a string
Or you can be a strong man, sharper than a steel-blade knife
Riding in a stretch limousine
Now you can say it won't affect you, but you know that it will
The power that my influence buys
'Cause buddy, nothing gives a player any bigger thrill
Than desire in a young girl's eyes

Now a man can get married
A man can play the horses
A man can be a government spy
A man can go crazy, or pretend that he's dumb
Or he can jump into the river and die
He can pray to Baby Jesus on his big white cloud
For a miracle or a favor
While the demon leaves a message in his broken heart
If you listen, you can hear him cry:

Yeah, you can be a small man and dream about a different world
Save up for your summer vacation
Or you can be a real, live hero of a million girls
Buy up all the TV stations
Now you can say it doesn't matter, but you know that it will
I'm telling you the reason why
'Cause buddy, nothing gives the devil any bigger thrill
Than some evil in a young man's eyes

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from 2 Old N Naz D, released March 2, 2013
Music and lyrics Copyright 2012 by Steve Hopkins
Thuringer Music Publishing
Biff Thuringer performs on vocals, bass, piano, guitars and drums
Recorded, mixed and mastered on the cheap on a smart phone using old-school instruments and a $100 analog interface. God bless 21st Century pop technology.

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Biff Thuringer Pleasant Valley, New York

Steve Hopkins, aka Biff Thuringer, is a performing and recording artist. In the 1990s he was with the New York City-based funk band Milo Z, which had a record deal with Mercury/Polygram. They were headlining club dates in the city between tours opening for the Neville Brothers, Al Green, The Meters and others. Their manager, David Sonnenberg, managed The Fugees, Black-Eyed Peas and Joan Osborne. ... more

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