The Jazz Butcher
The Jazz Butcher Lyrics The Devil Is My Friend

Lyrics

The Devil Is My Friend
Chorus:
The Devil is my friend
The Devil is my friend
Wherever I go, the Devil goes
The Devil is my friend

I went out one spring morning
To find myself a friend
Someone I could believe in
Until the very end
I found myself the Devil
He was sitting in a bar
He bought me fifteen Rum and Cokes
And then he went too far
Now

Chorus

And now it's Easter
I'm feeling mighty low
That dirty rotten Devil
He said he had to go
Dirty stinking Devil
I'll shoot him with my gun
The Devil's bad, he made me mad
The Devil is a bum
But

Chorus

And Godzilla is my friend
Godzilla is my friend
Wherever I go, Godzilla goes
Godzilla is my friend

And Frank Sinatra is my friend
Frank Sinatra is my friend
Wherever I go Sinatra goes
Frankie is my friend

Chenenko was my friend
And Brezhnev was my friend
And Andropov he just dropped off
Now Gorbachev is my friend

And Love And Rockets are my friends
Love and Rockets are my friend
David, Kevin, Daniel
Everyone of them round the bend

And the Queen is my friend
Harvey Dean is my friend
And Idi Amin know what I mean? -
Was someone they met at a party

Chorus

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Live Stats

23 documented performances (click to explore)
1982 1 (JBC)
1985 4 (JBC)
1986 7 (JBC)
1987 4 (JBC)
1989 6 (JBC)
1992 1 (JBC)

Media

1 Recorded Live Performances
1989-12-10 The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, USA West Coast '89 Cassette