The Devil You Know

I'm not gonna tell you
You're making a mistake
Tell you not to go
No I won't
I'll only say
What I've learned along my way
The devil you know
Beats the devil you don't.

We don't work
In the best of situations
We don't live very well
We don't live
In the neighbourhood of heaven
We live somewhere closer to hell.

We have learned
To work around this situation
Learned to hide
Till the heat has passed
You will learn
A promise of salvation
Can mask another inferno's blast.

The devil you know
Beats the devil you don't
That promised land
Could turn out to be dry
Once you're gone
You might ask yourselves why
Maybe you will
Or maybe you won't
But the devil you know
Beats the devil you don't.

You don't know
The world beyond the sideshow
You don't know
What Satan can plan
You don't know
The safety you'd be leaving.

We're your family
And we're your clan
Here we've got
Each other to depend on
Here you've got
The best home you'll ever find
Other folk
Don't know how to take us.

The world out there
Can be so unkind
The devil you know
Beats the devil you don't.

Beats the devil
The devil you don't
His game of chance
Just might be a scam
Don't take that chance.

It's just a scam
You can't play
Then decide you should scram
Maybe you'll win
Or maybe you won't
But the devil you know
Devil you know.

Beats the devil you don't
How can you
Say that man's a devil?

How can you
Say he's wicked and bad?

How can you
Criticize an angel?
All three
Promising more heaven
Than they've ever had.

I'm a fortune teller
I can see the future
I can look at people
See what's lying ahead
Violet and Daisy
I see you're bound for glory
The man that was here
Will do all that he said
That man's not a devil.

No - I know that it's not
I've seen the devil
No, you can get
much more than you've got
much more, much more
than you've got.

What if he's a devil?
What if he's not?
He could be an angel
That heaven forgot!
I think you may be jealous.

Jealous of what?
That Violet and Daisy
Might give him a shot!
But the devil you know
Beats the devil you don't
That promised land
Could turn out to be dry
So dry -
Once you're gone
You might ask yourselves why
Maybe you will
But the devil you know
But the devil you know
But the devil you know.

He's not a devil
I won't believe it
Believe it I won't
Undertand
He could be a good guy
Why?
Or maybe you won't
No, no, he's not a devil
No, no, he's not a devil
No, no, he's not a devil.

Alright
We could argue all night
Because we care about you two
Maybe you will go
Or maybe you won't
But I hope you will remember
That that mean old
Money-grubbin'
Gin-guzzlin'
Name-callin'
Devil you know
Might be better than
That smooth-talkin'
Fine-lookin'
Dream-spinnin'
Promise makin'
Devil
You don't!

[The "Yes" Group]
No, no, no
Don't call him a devil!
No, no, no
Don't call him a devil!
No, no, no
Don't call him a devil!
Beats the devil you don't
Don't!