Harley Poe - What's a Devil to Do? lyrics

I was born from an angel, she raised me properly I knew what I wasn't to do, I knew what I wasn't to see But when you reach a certain age, your destiny it comes to life So don't you bite the hand that feeds you, or it may cut you with its knife It permeates all through my bones I let it live, I help it grow I said my cup it runeth over, well I'm gonna let it flow So I shot a man in muncie, just to watch him die My mother asked me if it pleased me And I couldn't tell a lie Now Jesus died for them, it's true But what's a devil to do? When the saints go marching in I won't be there, 'cause I love my sin Am I so bad that you hate me There was a time when I could see My hopes and dreams, they are no more I'm not a rich man, but blessed are the poor Oh man, forgive me, I turned away I won't come back, so I have to pay And now there're rules till I find noah, And if you follow them you'll go Up to the mountains and the clouds And where the golden rivers flow But I've always been so good at breaking all the rules I wasn't made to be their robot And I ain't nobody's fool I am the goat that got away But I know there will come a day When I'll be punished for my mind 'Cause I led myself astray I am a work of art, I know I was created but down below And if it's evil that you're planting Then it's evil that will grow