Demon Street
I had me the prettiest lover, prettiest lover in the land
But she was the girl of another, and I could not win her hand
But she would’ve been my woman, I’d’ve growed her up so sweet
But all I had to offer her was a house on Demon Street
Ah when we was layin’ together, it felt like she was mine
But she was only lyin’ when we treated us so fine
So I threw my hat down on the floor, and I left her there with him
Said “I’m not about to waste my life on someone else’s whim”
Ah she was the prettiest lover, an’ I still love her so true
An’ I guess this hurt that’s twistin’ me ain’t nothin’ ‘specially new
Ain’t nothin’ ‘specially new
But if I could hold her one more time I’d drive him from her head
I’d take her from security, that tombstone for the dead
That tombstone for the dead
And then I think back an’ remember, how something in me died
That something went out forever, when I found out how she’d lied
True love ain’t built on lies
I ain’t got no time for lies.
Written by Billie Reid.
