Lyrics to
The Devil Game

This version of The Devil Game was released by Kansas in 1975.

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I’ve got books that say the good man’s golden
And more that say the bad will fall,
So many men have drowned in evil, and left Lucifer standing tall
Don’t take the devil’s dare, don’t gamble when the game ain’t fair,
Lock and bolt the doors, can’t let the devil use you anymore

You got to listen all you mugs and reivers, if you do any wrong
You make it right
You can’t be a make-believer, ’cause soon you’re gonna pay the price,
Lying, hat and pain, all part of the devil game,
Got his foot inside the door, but you can’t let him use you anymore

Take, he will take, he will take, give him nothing he’ll take, he will take
He will take, he will give nothing but he’ll take

Pray, for devils have no reason, Satan waits to curse your ways,
Have you seen it in his eyes in the sunset,
Have you wondered if he’s laughing when you play,
Has he asked if you’re alone if what he sees is all you own,
Has he offered you happiness, money, or much better lays
Satan leave me, leave me lonely, leave us alone

I’ve got books that say the good man’s golden
And more that say the bad will fall,
Take a look at what the future’s holdin’,
Won’t be yours if you don’t heed this call,
Life is a game, and the stakes will remain the same.
Now you’ve gotta choose, is the devil gonna win or lose again.

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Kansas has released many songs over the years besides The Devil Game. Kansas released songs from 1974 to 2000 spanning across albums like Kansas, Masque, Song For America, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Monolith, Audio-Visions, Vinyl Confessions, Drastic Measures, Power, In The Spirit Of Things, Freaks Of Nature, Always Never The Same, and Somewhere To Elsewhere. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kansas.

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The lyrics for The Devil Game are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Kansas. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Devil Game have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Devil Game - Kansas and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Devil Game by Kansas in multiple ways. 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 The Devil Game" means the words set to the music of The Devil Game, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kansas. 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 The Devil Game and the lyrics to The Devil Game are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kansas who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Devil Game, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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