The Devil Went Back To Georgia
(Johnny Cash)

Been ten long years since the devil laid his fiddle at Johnny's feet
and it burned inside his mind, the way he suffered that defeat
In the darkest pits of hell the devil hatched an evil plan
to tempt the fiddle player, for he's just a mortal man

"The sin of pride", the devil cried, "is what will do you in!"
"I thought we had this settled; I'm the best that's ever been."

Johnny, did you ever know that time keeps marching on?
The coldest hour is the one that comes just before the dawn
The devil's back in Georgia, will you stand up to the test
or will you let the devil be the best?

"Through (...) I haven't played much since the baby came in June,
But give me half a minute and I'll get this fiddle back to tune."
The devil snatched the golden fiddle out of Johnny's hands
"Oh, I'm a fiddle player underground, but now I walk upon the land."

"You'd better just be turning back if you don't want this boy to win!"
"'Cause practice is the only cure for (...)"
"Now devil, it would be a sin for you to get my (...)
So you go on back to hell and to the (...) I will go'

Johnny, are you practicing, or will your hands grow cold?
The devil walks the land and plays a fiddle made of gold
Can you hear your baby crying, will he ever know
The devil wants his daddy's very soul?

"Before we play I wanna thank you for letting God's own word ring through
He said you can't be trusted!"
"Yeah, so what you're gonna do?"
"Well you get your fiddle, devil, if you think that you can win;
'Cause I beat you once, you old dog, and I can whip your butt again"

(...) the devil is red
My little baby (...) with bread
The devil (...) that he could win
but Johnny is the best that's ever been