I took myself down to the Tally-Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beer
  I sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as dark as her hair
  And as I was searchin' from bottle to bottle for something unfoolish to say
  That silver tongued devil just slipped from the shadows and smilingly stole her away
  I said hey little girl don't you know he's a devil he's everything that I ain't
  Hidin' intentions of evil under the smile of a saint
  All he's good for is gettin' in trouble and shiftin' his share of the blame
  And some people swear he's my double and some even say we're the same
  But the silver tongued devil's got nothing to lose I'd only live till I die
  We take our own chances and pay our own dues the silver tongued devil and I
  
  Like all the fair maidens who've laid down beside him
  She knew in her heart that he'd lied
  But nothing that I could've said could've saved her no matter how hard that she tried
  Cause she'll offer her charms to the darkness and danger
  Of something that she's never known
  And open her arms at the smile of a stranger who'll love her and leave her alone
  And you know he's a devil...