Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music

I want the people to know that he saved my soul

But I still like to listen to the radio.

They say rock 'n' roll is wrong, we'll give you one more chance.

I say I feel so good I gotta get up and dance.

I know what's right, I know what's wrong, I don't confuse it.

All I'm really trying to say

Is why should the devil have all the good music?

I feel good every day

'Cause Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away.

They say to cut my hair, they're driving me insane,

I grew it out long to make room for my brain.

But sometimes people don't understand,

What's a good boy doing in a rock 'n' roll band?

There's nothing wrong with playing blues licks,

But if you got a reason tell me to my face

Why should the devil have all the good music.

There's nothing wrong with what I play

'Cause Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away.

I ain't knocking the hymns,

Just give me a song that has a beat.

I ain't knocking the hymns,

Just give me a song that moves my feet.

I don't like none of those funeral marches

I ain't dead yet!

Jesus told the truth, Jesus showed the way

There's one more thing I'd like to say.

They nailed him to the cross, they laid him in the ground,

But they shoulda known you can't keep a good man down.

I feel good every day, I don't wanna lose it.

All I wanna, all I wanna know

Is why should the devil have all the good music.

I've been filled, I feel okay,

Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues

Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues

Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away