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The Devil You Know

from The Devil You Know by John Vournakis

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I said “Momma, you don’t know where I have been.
It will only break your heart to hear it all.”
So I’ll spare you all of the sordid, tawdry details,
suffice to say it’s time that I move on.

Oh, my lord, it must be hot there in the heavens
while you wait on all of us to come back home,
but I won’t be there. I’ll be on my own.

I never strayed from you without my good reason,
I put a thousand rounds between your barren thighs.
You let me down all of the time, so don’t even
try to pretend that this should all be pinned on me.
I’ll drink that sadness in our dusking time crescendo,
thinking “the devil you know is better than one you don’t.”

Some sweet bird must be drowning in my freedom,
In the black heat that still boils those old bones
that God left here when he left us alone.

If I walked down the aisle in my suit
and my shiny leather shoes,
I would lie to myself (oh how I’d lie)
if I tried then, to take you.

I don’t love you like I used to.
I don’t love you,
I don’t want you,
I’m through.

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from The Devil You Know, released November 20, 2015

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John Vournakis Atlanta, Georgia

John Vournakis has been writing, recording, and releasing music in Atlanta since 2011. He performs live sometimes.

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