i took myself down to the tally ho tavern to buy me a bottle of beer and i sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as dark as her hair and as i was searchin from bottle to bottle for something unfoolish to say that silver tongued devil just slipped from the shadows and smile stole her away i said hey little girl don t you know he s a devil he s everything that i ain t hidin intentions of evil under the smile of a saint all he s good for is gettin in trouble and shifting his shadow of the flame and some people swear he s my double and some even say we re the same but the silver tongued devil s got nothing to lose i d only live till i die we ll take our own chances and pay our own dues the silver tongued devil and i like all the fair maidens who ve laid down beside him she knew in her heart that he d lied but nothing that i could have said could ve saved her no matter how hard that she tried cause she ll offer her charms to the darkness and danger of something that she s never known and open her arms at the smile of a stranger who ll love her and leave her alone hey don t you know he s a devil he s everything that i ain t hidin intentions of evil under the smile of a saint all he s good for is gettin in trouble and shifting his shadow of the flame and some people swear he s my double and some even say we re the same but the silver tongued devil s got nothing to lose i d only live till i die we ll take our own chances and pay our own dues the silver tongued devil and i