The Devil's Feet

When I was a child a story was told
About the devil and a girl, oh so bold
He offered her riches, a fortune of gold
And lovers abound
But she lifted her soul
She lifted her soul clean, oh clean
Like the story was told on a dark country road
The same man appeared to me
But I reached, I reached
Through the rain to the devil’s feet
Now twenty years later to the place I return
Where I scorned the angels for a passion that burned
There set in the tree a knot twisted and turned
The face of a creature hell bound
So long ago
Could my mind have played jokes on me, oh please
As darkness sets in unavoidable sin
The truth I try not to believe
I reached, I reached
Through the rain to the devil’s feet
I reached, I reached
Through the rain to the devil’s feet