This Devil’s Workday
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This Devil’s Workday Lyrics
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 1]
I could buy myself a reason
I could sell myself a job
I could hang myself on treason
All the folks I know are gone
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 2]
So I ate the wedding cake
'Til the whole damn thing was gone
And I'm gonna drown the ocean
Now ain't none o' that so wrong?
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are gone
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 1]
I could buy myself a reason
I could sell myself a job
I could hang myself on treason
All the folks I know are gone
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 2]
So I ate the wedding cake
'Til the whole damn thing was gone
And I'm gonna drown the ocean
Now ain't none o' that so wrong?
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are gone
[Verse 3]
Gonna take this sack of puppies
Gonna set it out to freeze
Gonna climb around on all fours
'Til all the blood falls out my knees
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All the people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 4]
Well, let's take this potted plant
To the woods and set it free
I'm gonna tell the owners
Just how nice that was of me
I could buy myself a reason
I could sell myself a job
I could hang myself on treason
Oh I am my own damn God
Gonna take this sack of puppies
Gonna set it out to freeze
Gonna climb around on all fours
'Til all the blood falls out my knees
[Chorus]
All those people that you know
All the people that you know
All those people that you know
Floating in the river are logs
[Verse 4]
Well, let's take this potted plant
To the woods and set it free
I'm gonna tell the owners
Just how nice that was of me
I could buy myself a reason
I could sell myself a job
I could hang myself on treason
Oh I am my own damn God
About
Genius Annotation1 contributor
Track 9 on Good News For People Who Love Bad News, This Devil’s Workday seems out of place compared to other tracks on the album. It follows a story about a criminal or an outlaw going mad.
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- 1.Horn Intro
- 3.Float On
- 7.Dance Hall
- 8.Bukowski
- 9.This Devil’s Workday
- 10.The View
- 12.Interlude (Milo)
- 14.Black Cadillacs
- 15.One Chance
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Banjo
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Recorded At
Sweet Tea Studio, Oxford, MS; Easley Recording, Memphis, TN
Release Date
April 6, 2004
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