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El Diablo

from High Holy Hills by Poor Player

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lyrics

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

Well our loyalty must be absolute
Even when we rebel its obvious we're in cahoots
He's often sipping on a double deuce
And he's never been known to offer a truce

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

Operates on robot logic
Ain't no youngblood, but an old codger
He's reputed to possess a forked tail
Some say its hairy—others say its got scales

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

‘Cause the government is his main donor
(it's said that he personally knows the owner)
But he keeps us around to do his bidding
And allows no talk of anyone quitting

When he says-- Whee! (You work for me)
Yeah he says-- Whee! (You work for me)

And its true that he's the leader of the gang
He initiated us each with his alabaster fang
And he taught us all the words to the song we sang!

Once upon a time he put the moves on my lady
She confided how she felt so degraded
It got us kicked out of our place
Now we follow him through this desert space

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

And about the time we made it outta Dallas
I was really on the grass
But before we even pulled in Tucson
Well, ya know I was really far gone

Sometime's he'll really surprise you
Yeah, he's got a heart, it's true
Once sent me a card said, season's greetings
Day after he gave me a black and blue beating

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

They say beneath his mange he got brilliant skin
Even though its been tattooed again and again
No, my friend, he will not be denied
He's also gotten to you, i can see it in your eyes

When he says-- Wheeeeee! (You work for me!)
Yeah he says-- Wheeeeee! (You work for me!)

But its true that he's the leader of our gang/
he initiated us each w/his alabaster fang
and he taught us all the words to the song we sang!

Last night at the bar was quite a brawl
It's said that a couple men got mauled
Someone spilled a drink on Diablo's shoe
Man, i'm just glad that it wasn't me or you

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

One time he tried to heal a crippled leper
By blowing in his nose a pinch of pepper
Leper sneezed and his nose fell off
Diablo walked away with a little cough

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...

And about the time the contract ran out
We were living on old sauerkraut
But before we'd even packed up the van
Diablo got us to sign again!

Just last week I tried to make a break
But he caught me and turned me back into an ape
Now I travel around in this circus cage
Just waiting to evolve from this stage

Where he says-- Wheeeeee! You work for me!
Yeah, he says-- Whee! (That's French for yessirree!)

But its true that i'm the leader of the gang/
I initiated ya each with my melodic fang
And taught ya all the words to the songs we sang!

El Diablo-- wherever you go--that's where we go...
Oooh--that's where we go...

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from High Holy Hills, released January 1, 2015
Recorded by Adam Druckman at the Drawingroom,
www.drawingroom.org

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Poor Player Detroit, Michigan

Motor City folk rock Americana born of beverages, Poor Player takes to the stage with a hopped up grab bag of American riddles and laments. Saluting the guy flying a sign beside the highway exit, zigzagging through the post-industrial prairie, Poor Player is all about finding the roots beneath the rubble, the green beneath the ruin, the folk in the f*d up, & the beauty in the city gone to seed. ... more

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