Devil's Work - Fairport Convention

When you think I’m doing nothing

And you feel up for a fight

It’s me you should be trusting

'Cause you know I’ll get it right

Won’t you listen to my story

How the Devil took my hand

And led me to a bench and vise

Where I made my stand

I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Well, I could have been a builder

With muscles for a heart

I’m making straight lines for you

Or digging turf and sod

Just look at that musician

How soft his hands must be

There is no intuition

Perform it too like me

I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Oh, the power and the glory

The pleasure and the pain

That Scandinavian’s got it made

I’m buying stuff for debt

When you think I’m doing nothing

I’m still up for a fight

It’s me you should be trusting

'Cause you know I’ll get it right

Won’t you listen to my story

How the Devil took my hand

And led me to a bench and vise

Where I made my stand

I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Yes, I’m doing the deed I like, finish it some day

Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away