I lost my fiddle down in Georgia And my luck ain't been the same Got a horseshoe hanging by my door But it only brings me pain I laid off half my demons Had to sell my Cadillac They even repossessed my pitchfork And I can't afford to buy it back The furnace needs a fixing Hell's never been this cold I got thirteen empty circles And not a soul to be sold My head demon came to see me Said, "Boss, we need our pay" I pulled out my empty wallet He packed his things that day I'm supposed to have a silver tongue But all I got are idle hands I've been raising Hell for centuries But it's been one hell of a year Got cheated out of Heaven And I'm getting cheated here I don't do favors for old ladies And I won't work for a dog Last time I built somebody a bridge I didn't get paid at all I used to have 'em lined up Had the whole world at my feet Now my demons found new jobs In an office on Wall Street I'm supposed to have a silver tongue But all I got are idle hands I've been raising Hell for centuries But it's been one hell of a year Got cheated out of Heaven And I'm getting cheated here I got a stack of signed agreements That a lawyer tore apart And a blacksmith down in England Left me limping through the dark I tried to drown my troubles At a little bar downtown But the man behind the counter Said my credit had run out I can't walk beneath a horseshoe Can't stand the sight of dogs I won't go near a fiddle And I don't talk to folks named John I put a curse on everybody Who ever did me wrong Now they're all living happy And I'm singing this damn song I'm supposed to have a silver tongue But all I got are idle hands I've been raising Hell for centuries But it's been one hell of a year Got cheated out of Heaven And I'm getting cheated here I sat down by the fire But the fire wouldn't light Tried to buy another soul Couldn't make a deal all night So I picked up my old guitar With its strings all out of tune Even the Devil gets unlucky Even the Devil gets the blues
