Shake That Devil - Joan Osborne

I guess I had to find out the hard way

The things that I have come here to learn

Fire of this pleasure it can warm me

But in the end it only burns

He could put me high on a

He could rob me of my shame

He could hold me down under water

Till I could not remember my own name

In my mind I see the house I’m building

In my hands the hammer and the nail

Gonna send my wishes up to glory

Gonna shake that devil off my trail

In my time I’ve done some meanness

Brought the ones I love so much pain

Pride it was eatin' on my hard way

My soul it was rustin' in the rain

And all these sins I am confessing

They still come knocking on my door

But I know better than to answer

I tell them that girl don’t live here anymore

In my mind I see the house I’m building

In my hands the hammer and the nail

Gonna send my wishes up to glory

Gonna shake that devil off my trail

Every livin' thing is calling out to me

The leaves on the trees wave me on

Got a wind to lift me when I’m fallin'

Got a road to put my feet upon

In my mind I see the house I’m building

In my hands the hammer and the nail

Gonna send my wishes up to glory

Gonna shake that devil off my trail

In my mind I see the house I’m building

In my hands the hammer and the nail

Gonna send my wishes up to glory

Gonna shake that devil off my trail

Gonna shake that devil off my trail

Gonna shake that devil off my trail