Henry Krieger - The Devil You Know lyrics

[JAKE] I'm not gonna tell you You're making a mistake Tell you not to go No I won't I'll only say What I've learned along my way The devil you know Beats the devil you don't We don't work In the best of situations We don't live very well We don't live in the neighborhood of heaven We live somewhere closer to hell Now we have learned To work around the situation Learned to hide 'Til the heat has pa**ed You will learn a promise of salvation Can mask another inferno's blast The devil you know Beats the devil you don't That promised land Could turn out to be dry Once you're gone You might ask yourselves why Maybe you will Or maybe you won't But the devil you know Beats the devil you don't Oh yeah [ROUSTABOUT #1] You don't know The world beyond the sideshow [ROUSTABOUT #2] You don't know What Satan can plan [BEARDED LADY] You don't know The safety you'd be leaving [SHEIK] We're your family We're your clan [SNAKE GIRL] Here we're got Each other to depend on [HAREM GIRL #2] Here you've got The best home you'll ever find [BEARDED LADY] Other folk Don't know how to take us [JAKE] The world out there can be so unkind The devil you know Beats the devil you don't His game of chance Just might be a scam [HAREM GIRL #2, SHEIK, SNAKE GIRL] It's just a scam [JAKE, ROUSTABOUT #3] You can't play Then decide you should scram [JAKE, ROUSTABOUT #1 & 3, SHEIK] Maybe you'll win Or maybe you won't But the devil you know [BEARDED LADY, HAREM GIRL #2, ROUSTABOUT #2] Devil you know [BEARDED LADY, HAREM GIRL #2, JAKE, ROUSTABOUTS #1, 2, 3, SHEIK, SNAKE LADY] Beats the devil you don't [6th EXHIBIT] How can you Say that man's a devil? [ROUSTABOUT #4] How can you Say he's wicked and bad? [GEEK] How can you Criticize an angel [6th EXHIBIT, GEEK, ROUSTABOUT #4) Promising more heaven Than they've ever had [FORTUNE TELLER] I'm a fortune teller I can see the future I can look at people See what's lying ahead Violet and Daisy I see you're bound for glory That man who was here Will do all that he said That man's not a devil No—believe it I won't He's not a devil No—and miss this chance? I hope that they don't No don't No don't No don't [THE "NO" GROUP] What if he's a devil? [THE "YES" GROUP] What if he's not? He could be an angel [THE "NO" GROUP] That heaven forgot [FORTUNE TELLER] I think you may be jealous [JAKE] Hah! Jealous of what? [ALL] That Violet and Daisy Might give him a shot [THE "NO" GROUP] The devil you know [THE "YES" GROUP] —He's not a devil [THE "NO" GROUP] Beats the devil you don't [THE "YES" GROUP] I won't believe it Believe it I won't! [THE "NO" GROUP] That promised land Could turn out to be dry [THE "YES" GROUP] (?) [THE "NO" GROUP] So dry [BOTH GROUPS] Once you're gone You might ask yourselves why Maybe you will Or maybe you won't [THE "NO" GROUP] But the devil you know [THE "YES" GROUP] No no, he's not a devil [THE "NO" GROUP] But the devil you know [THE "YES" GROUP] No no, he's not a devil [THE "NO" GROUP] But the devil you know [THE "YES" GROUP] No no... [JAKE] Alright! Now we could argue all night Because we care about you two Maybe you will go Or maybe you won't But I hope you will remember That that mean old Money-grubbin' Gin-guzzlin' Name-callin' Devil you know Might be better than That smooth talkin' Fine-lookin' Dream-spinnin' Promise makin' Devil you don't [BOTH GROUPS] No, no, no Don't call him a devil No, no, no Don't call him a devil No, no, no Don't call him a devil [ALL] Don't!