COLTER WALL - THE DEVIL WEARS A SUIT AND TIE

 COLTER WALL - THE DEVIL WEARS A SUIT AND TIE

My mind can play crazy tricks on me. The first time I heared this song it was the voice that completely drew me into the song. It's not just a country song. It's loaded with blues and it sounds like it's sung by someone who lived through many life changing events. So in my mind I saw an older man with grey hair (perhaps a beard) who was playing a decrepit old guitar, sitting by a bonfire at his camp and looking out over some wide fields.

And now let me introduce you to Colter Wall, a Canadian singer/songwriter who was born in 1995. The Devil Wears A Suit And Tie was released in 2017 which made him 22 years old at that time. Never could I ever have imagined that a singer with a voice that kicks you in the head, brings you solace and wants to take you out for a drink at the same time could be this young. This song proves that country music sure is not dead. Perhaps it is wearing a new jacket, but with artists like Colter Wall it's future looks bright.


Lyrics :

Well 

Reverend Reverend please come quick 

'Cause I got something to admit 

I met a man out in the sticks 

A good old miss 

He drove a series 10 cadillac 

And wore cigar on his lip 

 

Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie 

I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July 

White as a cotton field 

And sharp as a knife 

I heard him howlin' as he passed me by 

 

 And he said 

I know you I know you, young man 

I know you by the state of your hands 

You're a six string picker 

Just as I... I am 

Let me learn ya some I know a few turns to make all the girls dance 

 

Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie 

I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July 

White as a cotton field 

And sharp as a knife 

I heard him howlin' as he passed me by 

 

Foolish foolish was I 

Damn my foolish eyes 

Cause that man's lessons had a price 

Oh sweet price 

My sweet soul 

Everlasting 

My very own 

Eternal light 

 

Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie 

I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July 

White as a cotton field 

And sharp as a knife 

I heard him howlin' as he passed me by 

 

Well the Devil wears a suit and tie 

I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July 

White as a cotton field 

And sharp as a knife 

I heard him howlin' As he passed me 

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