| Beat the Devil | |
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Album |
Comes with a Smile 11: Hope Isn't a Word |
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Released |
2004 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
3:14 |
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Previous Track |
"Wire Waltz" (The Last Town Chorus) |
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Next Track |
"Petal" (50 Foot Wave) |
Beat the Devil is the fourth song on the compilation Comes with a Smile 11: Hope Isn't a Word. It is an outtake of We Shall All Be Healed.
Lyrics[]
Hauling peanut butter crank through Arizona Gotta keep the glowstick babies fat and happy Cactus standing taller than Goliath All the vultures come directly at me We stash it in between some bales of lumber On flatbeds coming in from Colorado I don't know what you're doing back in Memphis All winter you've been incommunicado Take a picture, do it fast For the good times For the good times That won't last Hot sun peels the paint down to the primer Overheating engine spits and whines Try to keep our minds on what we're doing Try to keep the wheels between the lines The feeling when the cop car flips its lights on The near-electric tension crackling here inside the truck The lack of any word from you in Memphis The sounds of someone running out of luck Take a picture, do it fast For the good times For the good times That won't last
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- "Beat the Devil" is a 1953 film by John Huston (based on a 1951 novel by Claud Cockburn).