down in the delta there s a tattoo parlor with a black and white picture hangin on the wall oh oh of a stripper the men are still talkin bout the rainy night she walked in took off her shirt like it was nothin at all oh oh what a picture everyone assumed she d been drinkin when she pointed to her shoulders and said boys here s what i m thinkin put a devil on the left an angel on the right i m already livin in the middle of the fight and round and round and round and round it goes part of me s in heaven part of me s in hell part of me is strugglin tryin to find my way through life with a devil on the left and an angel on the right down in the delta there s a rundown chapel with a worn out floor where a preacher used to pray oh oh for the stripper while right across the street they were packed in tight just a pushin and a shovin sweatin by the stage oh oh to tip her she brought a lot of men to their knees but only one of them was thinkin lord won t you help her please she s got a devil on the left an angel on the right they ve got her dancin in the middle of the fight and round and round and round and round she goes part of her s in heaven part of her s in hell part of her is strugglin trying to find her way through life with a devil on the left and an angel on the right in a cornfield in kansas there s a little yellow house with a white picket fence going all the way around oh oh mama what s that on your shoulders no no no child maybe when you re older now there s an angel on the left an angel on the right ring around the rosie underneath the open sky and round and round and round and round round and round and round and round they go