The Devil That You Know - Rick Springfield

I’m the devil that you know

Baby, I know what you want

I know you ask for miracles

You people are good at that

You’re waiting for the man

To pull a rabbit from his hat

But I can get you off

Yeah, bad boys are an aphrodisiac

I promise baby, that I can be anything you want

I’m the devil that you know

Or the devil that you don’t

You all like the familiar

You all like the routine

You all wish you knew what you know

And still be seventeen

I had a talk with Jesus

I said, «Man, you’re just part of the machine»

He unfriended me on Facebook

I said, «oh, no you don’t»

I’m the devil that you know

Baby, I know what you want

Now, people loosen up

He may have loved you once

But why you think God quit

Performing all his stunts?

You like the burning bush

His badass victors on the battlefronts

Where’s that angry guy smitin'

Heathens and sending plagues?

God has left the building

You can raise the barricades

Sing it for me, baby

Sing your solemn song

Listen to me

Everything you do and say is wrong

Your very best interest at heart

You know I’ve had them all along

Everyone gets nervous

When they face the great unknown

Do you want the devil that you know

Or the devil that you don’t?

I used to like you better

When you had that diamond smile

You close your knees, tossed the keys

And joined the rank and file

Your pretty pink Ferrari

Don’t give joy rides in exile

Come back to me, baby

Just lose that chaperone

I’m the devil that you know

Not the devil that you don’t

You’re looking up to heaven

Dreaming on a star

You can’t reach it, baby

Not from where you are

You stopped drinking double bloody mary’s

At the airport bar

You’re scared to make a move

It’s so not what you want

You’re caught between the devil that you know

And the devil that you don’t!