What's a Devil to Do?

I was born from an angel, she raised me properly

I knew what I wasn't to do, I knew what I wasn't to see

But when you reach a certain age, your destiny it comes to life

So don't you bite the hand that feeds you, or it may cut you with its knife

It permeates all through my bones

I let it live, I help it grow

I said my cup it runeth over, well I'm gonna let it flow

So I shot a man in Indy, just to watch him die

My mother asked me if it pleased me

And I couldn't tell a lie

Now Jesus died for them, it's true

But what's a devil to do?

Oh, when the saints go marching in

I won't be there, 'cause I love my sin

Am I so bad that you hate me?

There was a time when I could see

My hopes and dreams, they are no more

I'm not a rich man, but blessed are the poor

Oh man, forgive me, I turned away

I won't come back, so I'll have to pay

I have to pay

There's rules to life I know

And if you follow them you'll go

Up to the mountains and the clouds

And where the golden rivers flow

But I've always been so good at breaking all the rules

I wasn't made to be their robot

And I ain't nobody's fool

I am the goat that got away

But I know there will come a day

When I'll be punished for my mind

'Cause I led myself astray

I am a work of art, I know

I was created down below

And if it's evil that you're planting

Then it's evil that will grow

Now Jesus died for them, it's true

But what's a devil to do?

Oh, wen the saints go marching in

I won't be there, 'cause I love my sin

Am I so bad that you hate me?

There was a time when I could see

My hopes and dreams, they are no more

I'm not a rich man, but blessed are the poor

Oh man, forgive me, I turned away

I won't come back, so I'll have to pay

I have to pay

I have to pay