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Devil's Work

from What Good Is Money by Sam Pointer

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Devil’s Work
(words and music by Sam Pointer)

You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Don’t it get you through
Till the end of the day
When it comes down to it
Wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay

There’s a man in Mississippi with a government job
Plays the horses on the side
He’s got a 20 year mortgage
And they take it out of his hide
He’s got his feet up on the desk, he’s smoking a cigar
He’s just a paper pushing bureaucrat
You know he wants the secretary
But his boss takes care of that

You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Don’t it get you through
Till the end of the day
When it comes down to it
Wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay

There’s a gal in Carolina with an easy smile
She makes a living stripping down for men
She says it ain’t no picnic
But it ain’t no sin
She reads the National Enquirer and the TV Guide
She got them at the grocery store
When she wins the lottery
She ain’t gonna work no more

You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Don’t it get you through
Till the end of the day
When it comes down to it
Wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay

There’s a guy in California plays a mean guitar
He‘s got two of every noise around
He’s got an axe in every color and a lonesome highway sound
He’s got a Top 40 ditty and a girl in every city
And a closet full of fancy clothes
You know he’s going in tomorrow
Getting surgery on his nose

You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Don’t it get you through
Till the end of the day
When it comes down to it
Wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay

You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Don’t it get you through
Till the end of the day
When it comes down to it
Wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay
Ah, wouldn’t you say
You do the devil’s work
You get the devil’s pay


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from What Good Is Money, track released January 15, 2021
Sam Pointer: lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm electric guitars, bass
Red Redling: piano
Mark Lanter: drums

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Sam Pointer Birmingham, Alabama

Sam Pointer is a captivating singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Birmingham, AL. His Americana sound draws inspiration from rock, pop, bluegrass, blues, folk, and more. He is also an in-demand sideman, and has several releases with a side project, the San Francisco-based original folk-rock trio Hitchhiking Honeymoon. ... more

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