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Make a Deal with the Devil

from Emily Songs by Sara Renberg

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based on "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner

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If you've grown old and you've grown tired
of being important and useful
There's a place you can go to shed all you know
and you can begin to be truthful

If you want to set your duties aside,
you'll have to make a deal with the devil
You'll have to make a deal with the devil,
but I promise that he's really nice

If you want to leave your family behind,
you'll have to make a deal with the devil
you'll have to make a deal with the devil,
but I promise that he'll treat you right

Imagine you could have a lie-in on a loosened haystack
Spend the afternoon gathering heather
Take your evening tea out with the bees
and learn to control the weather

If you want a way to scratch that itch
you'll have to make a deal with the devil
You'll have to make a deal with the devil
but you can become a witch

He'll give you the dangerous black night to spread your wings in
and poisonous berries to feed on
A generous nest of bones and thorns
perched high up in danger where no one, no one, no one
no one can climb to it.

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from Emily Songs, released September 8, 2015

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Sara Renberg Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sara Renberg is a poet and musician based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Michigan. Her records are available on Antiquated Future Records.

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