Sympathy for the Devil

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for a long, long year

Stolen many man's soul and faith

I was around when Jesus Christ

Had his moment of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilate

Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Oh, pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah

But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

I killed the czar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank

Held a general's rank

When the Blitzkrieg reigned

And the bodies stank

Whoa, pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah

Oh, what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, ah-ha

I watched with glee as your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades for the gods they made

I shouted out, who killed the Kennedys

When after all, it was you and me

So let me please introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

Oh yeah, I laid traps for troubadours

Who get killed before they reach Bombay

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah

But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, yeah

Oh, pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah

But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, yeah

Just as every cop's a criminal

And all the sinners, saints

As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer

'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

If you meet me, have some courtesy

Have some sympathy and some taste

Use all your well-learned politics

Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Oh, pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah

But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah

Oh, oh yeah

Tell me, baby, tell me one more thing

Oh, tell me honey, can you guess my name?

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, whoa

Tell me, honey, what's my name?

One time, what's my name?

Tell me, sweetie, tell me what's my name?

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah

Can Papa get a holler now?

Can Papa get a holler now?

Can Papa get a holler now? Yeah

Oh yeah

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, yeah