dirty red s got his pocket full of them things standing on a corner in holly springs the busted dirty red in hickory flats y all old dirty is a soldier red ain t no rat if you raise the devil i can t keep the devil down and now i ve found the starry crown if you raise the devil i can t keep the devil down don t look him in the eye the devil is a lie them things got me snapping like a fighting dog drinking gun powder from a rotten log old habits die hard i m dam so stuck in my way it s the nature of the beast that one of these days i m a gonna raise the devil i can t keep the devil down if you ve found the starry crown and you raise the devil i can t keep the devil down don t look him in the eye the devil is a lie if you raise the devil i can t keep the devil down and now i ve found the starry crown if you raise the devil i can t keep the devil down don t look him in the eye the devil is a lie