Lyrics to
Tell It To The Devil

This version of Tell It To The Devil was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977.

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I can’t stand to see a grown man
Hit a little kid
Or get cussed out for somethin’
Not even knowin’ what he did

See a man any man
Messin’ ’round with your best friend’s wife
Or sit helpless in the corner
And watch a man drink away his life
I’m gonna clean up my soul lord
You don’t owe me no back pay
I’m gonna tell that to the devil
When I see him today
Walked to a graveyard
May they all rest in peace
I wish they could all go to heaven
I bet two did at least

Someone that don’t feel sorry
For the helpless and the blind
Kinda makes you wanna pick up the bible
And memorize every single line
I’m gonna clean up my soul lord
You don’t owe me no back pay
I’m gonna tell that to the devil
When I see him today

See a man walk by a beggar
With an empty tin cup
Kinda makes you wanna grab him

By the back of the neck
Knock him down and never pick him up
I’m gonna clean up my soul lord
You don’t owe me no back pay
I’m gonna tell that to the devil
When I see him today

I’m gonna tell that to the devil
When I see him today

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The lyrics for Tell It To The Devil are defined as the words making up the song released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Tell It To 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 The Marshall Tucker Band 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 Tell It To The Devil by The Marshall Tucker Band 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 Tell It To The Devil" means the words set to the music of Tell It To The Devil, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Marshall Tucker Band. 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 Tell It To The Devil and the lyrics to Tell It To The Devil are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Marshall Tucker Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tell It To 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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