I took myself down to the tally ho tavern

To buy me a bottle of beer

And I sat me down by a tender young maiden

Whose eyes were as dark as her hair

And as I was searching from bottle to bottle

For something unfoolish to say

That silver tongued devil just slipped from the shadows

And smilingly stole her away

I said hey little girl don't you know he's the devil

He's everything that I ain't

Hiding intentions of evi intentions

Under the smile of a saint

All he's good for is getting in trouble

And shifting his share of the blame

And some people swear he's my double

And some even say we're the same

But the silver tongued devil's got nothing to lose

And I'll only live till I die

We take our own chances and pay our own dues

The silver tongued devil and I