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Sympathy for the Devil (Main Song Page)
Sympathy for the Devil
main lyrics
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
stole many a man's soul and faith

I was around when Jesus Christ
had his moment of doubt and pain
made damn sure that Pilate
washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
hope you guess my name
but what's puzzling you
is the nature of my game

Stuck around St. Petersburg
when I saw it was the time for a change
killed the Tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank, held a general's rank
when the blitzkrieg rang and the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
hope you guess my name, oh, yeah
oh, what's puzzling you
is the nature of my game, ah, yeah

I watched with glee while your kings and queens
fought for ten decades for the gods they made
I shouted out, "who killed the Kennedys?"
when, after all, it was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
and I laid traps for troubadours
who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
hope you guess my name, oh, yeah
but what's puzzling you
is the nature of my game, ah, yeah, get down in it

Pleased to meet you
hope you guess my name, oh, yeah
but what's confusing you
is just the nature of my game, mm, yeah

Just as every cop is a criminal
and all the sinners saints
as heads is tails, just call me Lucifer
'cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy
have some sympathy and some taste
use all your well-learned politesse
or I'll lay our soul to waste, yeah

Pleased to meet you
hope you guess my name
but what's puzzling you
is the nature of my game, mm, mean it, get down

Ah, yeah, get on down, oh, yeah
tell me, baby, what's my name?
tell me, honey, can you guess my name?
tell me, baby, what's my name?
tell you one time, you're to blame
woo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo, alright
ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, aw, yeah
ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, aw, yeah, what's my name?
tell me, baby, what's my name?
tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo
ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, oh, yeah
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