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I spent the
night in Jersey City
November's salty breeze
My mind was on the Turnpike
Her head upon my knees
Now we leave the party
Slam the old screen door
Now she says she loves me
Okay, it's time to go
Uh oh
Oh no
In the marshes of Phragmites,
also called the giant reed,
you can find the Jersey Devil
among those ten-foot weeds
Further down the turnpike
I find a man I think I know
He says he is my old friend
I doubt his motives, though
We talk about the old times
Raise a glass to Easy Joe
who paid all his debts with traveller's checks
disappeared when it started to snow
It's late in the evening
He offers to buy one more
I say no, he says, "Hey bartender,
that's okay I don't have any dough!"
That's when he says he loves me
Okay, it's time to go
Uh oh
Oh no
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Part II
The Devil's down in Jersey pullin' the woods down
He's got the bittersweet vine and ramblin' rose
But the Lord is out in Cali settin' fire to the desert
He's planned the day when they'll sink into the see
And the Devil's o'er in Persia shoutin', "...siege unto Jerusalem!"
to radical men with cracks in their feet
The Devil’s down in Jersey pulling the woods down
(Lord save us from his)
with bittersweet vine and ramblin’ rose
But the Lord is out in Cali setting fire to the desert
(Lord have mercy on them)
He’s planned the day when they’ll sink into the sea
And the Devil’s over in Persia shoutin', “...siege unto Jerusalem”
(Lord save them from the)
to radical men with cracks in their feet
The Devil’s down in Jersey pulling the woods down
(Lord save them from the)
He’s got the bittersweet vine and ramblin’ rose
(Why you taking them first? Aren’t they the last to go?)
But the Lord is out in Cali setting fire to the desert
(Lord deliver us)
He’s planned the day so let’s stay at home
(Trying to break our faith? Is Heaven too full?)
And the Devil’s over in Persia shoutin’, “Siege unto Jerusalem”
(Lord deliver us)
Build that wall so my people can be free
(Our faith won’t break. Now take us home.)
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