when i was a child a story was told about the devil and a girl oh so bold he offered her riches a fortune of gold and lovers abound but she lifted her soul she lifted her soul clean oh clean like the story was told on a dark country road the same man appeared to me but i reached i reached through the rain to the devil s feet now twenty years later to the place i return where i scorned the angels for a passion that burned there set in the tree a knot twisted and turned the face of a creature hell bound so long ago could my mind have played jokes on me oh please as darkness sets in unavoidable sin the truth i try not to believe i reached i reached through the rain to the devil s feet i reached i reached through the rain to the devil s feet