Stroker and the Devil

Stroker tells his nightmare
Laughs and drinks a beer
Life would pass beyond all care
But the devil sits right here

Devil live on Stroker
Been 30 years and more
He’s won every hand of poker
Since they came home from the war

Sometimes I whistle in the dark
And I laugh when there ain’t no joke
I swear I hear that bulldog bark
Hear things that can’t be spoke

Stroker tells his nightmare
To everyone he sees
Carries the devil everywhere
And pays the devil’s fees

Stroker wears a casual smile
With napalm in his eyes
He can’t shake the devil’s guile
No matter how he tries

Sometimes I whistle in the dark
Laugh when there ain’t no joke
I swear I hear that bulldog bark
Hear things that can’t be spoke

Looking for an angel
With power over pain
To drive away the devil
And bring us home again

Sometimes I whistle in the dark
Laugh when there ain’t no joke
I swear I hear that bulldog bark
Hear things that can’t be spoke

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