Lyrics

DEVIL SENT YOU TO LORADO, THE

(Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal)

I still remember the piano

Playing the same old melodies

The late night crowd

Was wild and loud

But then a shot

Outside the barroom

And then I saw you for the first time

The way you stepped out of the dark

Up to the bar

Said "here we are

Whiskey for me

For you, tequila"

The devil sent you to Lorado

Because he knew that I was there

A man with such a face

In such a lonesome place

Can only be a desparado

The devil sent you to Lorado

Because he knew that I was there

And when I heard you'd stay

I felt it right away

You'd shake my life

Like a tornado

I still remember the piano

Playing a different melody

You won at cards

You won at darts

Left all the men

Without a dollar

And now you gotta leave Lorado

They want you out of here by noon

Oh, I can tell

I'm in a spell

So here we go to Amarillo

The devil sent you to Lorado

Because he knew that I was there

A man with such a face

In such a lonesome place

Can only be a desparado

The devil sent you to Lorado

Because he knew that I was there

And when I heard you'd stay

I felt it right away

You'd shake my life

Like a tornado

© 1978 Magazine Music