Lyrics to
Take The Devil

This version of Take The Devil was released by Eagles in 1972.

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Open up your eyes
take the devil from your mind
he’s been holding on to you
and you’re so hard to find
the wind outside is cold
restless feeling in my soul
tempting me to get away
but there’s no place a man can go
God, will you lead me where I roam?
Help me not to let my feelings show
No, No You are the one, oh, how could you be
so blind?
the devil prays on runaways
he’s never far behind
the many years I’ve tried
Now have been revealed to me
closer is the love you’ll find
waiting so patiently
God, Will you lead me where I roam?
Help me not to let my feelings show.
NO, NO
Take the devil
Take the Devil
from your mind

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About Lyrics and Take The Devil by Eagles

The lyrics for Take The Devil are defined as the words making up the song released by Eagles in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Take The Devil have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Eagles and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Take The Devil by Eagles if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Take The Devil" means the words set to the music of Take The Devil, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eagles. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Take The Devil and the lyrics to Take The Devil are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eagles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Take The Devil, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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