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Hell To Pay
Boz Scaggs; Bonnie Raitt
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Well, I bought a senator over in Texas
Got me a judge down in New Orleans
Bought me a senator over in Texas
And a judge down in New Orleans (mm)
Sometimes I call the world my oyster
Sweetest little deal you've ever seen
Well, the one kid's high on God knows what and
The other one smashed the Benz
Between the bank boys and the lawyers
I don't know where it ends
Sometimes I got to wonder about living high on the hog
There's times I wish I'd married me a woman instead of buying this fierce old dog
Can't say the old man didn't warn me
When he's bringin' me judgment day
Then one little thing I forgot to remember, there's a matter of some hell to pay
And then here comes shifty and his new 150
He wants to take me for a ride
Saying "Hey little mama, how 'bout a little drama
Why don't you just hop in inside?"
Said "I might look like a yokel"
But I'm high tech mogul with a tiger in my tank
I said "Oh, my goodness you're a real smooth talker I believe I'll take that drink
But first thing buddy better cool your jets
Before you make your play
You gotta feed the kitty and oh, yes, well, there's a matter of some hell to pay
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Well, now you got your devil in the details
Got your devil in the cake
You can't look around most anywhere
That the devil ain't on the take
He's waiting on down at the end of the isle
He's a waiting at the pearly gates
I'd say the man's about everywhere
Ubiquitous some might say
Truth is he's worn out all us fools
Ain't no one left to play
He's bored, he's mad, he's all sup
And there's gonna be hell to pay
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Well, we've dirtied up the waters
We pretty much trashed the earth
The butcher and the baker and everybody else has taken it for all its worth
Sayin' "Me oh, my it was a big old pie
And I sure as hell filled my cup"
That senator's a comin' on a big white horse
And the judge is gonna fix me up
But it's complicated as this moment
It's time to fight and pray
'Cause now it's time for the money shot baby
Times up and there's hell to pay (you got some hell to pay, buddy)
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