the devil is a good guy

from The Minor Key Club by laura rafetseder

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i met him on the street someday
we were preachers then
we both liked the echo of our voices way back when

we filled the pages by the hour
the rhythm of the tides
what a way with words I thought
what a way to hide

i said i‘m just a little girl
pretending to be grown
there’ll never be a prince you know
but i can save my soul

he would look me in the eye
asking wasn’t he
you should take your own advice
he said and turned from me

the growing depth of beauty would now
lighten up his eye
i never felt that much ashamed
he caught me at a lie

the windows were wide open now
the wind blew in my face
that was when he disappeared
and did not leave a trace

the devil is a good guy cos
he always tells the truth
he holds a mirror to our face
but we refuse to look

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from The Minor Key Club, track released October 21, 2012
word & music: laura rafetseder

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Laura Rafetseder Vienna, Austria

Singer/Songwriter Laura Rafetseder has made herself a name among the Vienna Singer/Songwriter Scene with her band Laura & the Comrats and their debut album Creating Memories. In 2012 she released her first solo album The Minor Key Club, and in autumn 2016 second album Swimmers in the Arctic Sea. ... more

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