The Singer
Live - 7 aprile 1992 - Debaser id 17207

INSANE ASYLUM

I went out to the insane asylum
And I found my baby out there.
I said, “please, come back to me, darling,
What in the world are you doing here?”
Then my old man raised up his head,
Tears were streaming down from his eyes,
And these are the things that my old man said:

“When your love has ceased to be
There's no other place for me.
If you don't hold me in your arms
I'd rather be here from now on.
Some people have it half way there,
Without your love I ain't nowhere.”

“I can't eat and I can't sleep,
I can't even live in peace.
Please take me, baby, for your slave,
And save me from that earthly grave.
Some people have it half way there,
Without your love I ain't nowhere.”

Then sorrow struck my heart,
Tears began to stream down from my eyes.
The only man that I ever loved in all my life
Out here, in a place and a condition like this.
And I began thinkin' about what my mama told me when I was a little girl.
She told me when I couldn't help myself
To get down on my knees and pray.
And I fell down on my knees
And these are the words that I said:

“Save me, save me, save me, babe,
Save me, save me, save me, dear.
Oh, I don't know just how I made it,
But I'm so glad our love is here.”

Devil, Devil, Devil (x)

I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You gonna stop the things you do
I ain't lyin'

I can't stand it (x),
I can't stand the way you run around

I put a spell on you
because you're mine

I love you, I love you (x)

Like a snake in the grass I keep waitnig
Like a vulture in the sky I keep waiting,
Like a shark in the water I keep waiting

I don't care if you don't want me
because I'm yours, anyhow, anyway, anyplace

I put a spell on you
Because you're mine

Devil, Devil, Devil (x)

The devil has designed my death
And is waiting to be sure
Plenty of his black sheep died
Before he finds a cure

Oh Lord Jesus
Do you think I served my time?
The eight legs of the devil now
Are crawling up my spine

The firm hand
Of the devil now
Is rocking me to sleep
I force my blind eyes open Lord
But I'm sinking in the day (?)

Oh Lord Jesus
Do you think I served my time?
The eight legs of the devil now
Are crawling up my spine

I go to sleep each evening now
Dreaming of the grave
I see the friends I used to know
Crawling up my leg

Oh Lord Jesus
Do you think I served my time?
The eight legs of the devil now
Are crawling up my spine

Oh Lord Jesus
Do you think I served my time?
The eight legs of the devil now
Are crawling up my spine

Oh Lord Jesus
Here's the news from the new from the fires below
The eight legs of the devil will not
Let my people go

Well, there's one kind of favor I'll ask of you
Well, there's one kind of favor I'll ask of you
There's just one kind of favor I'll ask of you
You can see that my grave is kept clean
And there's two white horses following me
And there's two white horses following me
I got two white horses following me
Waiting on my burying ground
Did you ever hear that coffin' sound
Have you ever heard that coffin' sound
Did you ever hear that coffin' sound
Means another poor boy is under ground
Did you ever hear them church bells tone
Have you ever hear'd them church bells tone
Did you ever hear them church bells tone
Means another poor boy is dead and gone
Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And, my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
Now I believe what the bible told
There's just one last favor I'll ask of you
And there's one last favor I'll ask of you
There's just one last favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean