Rolling Stones
"Sympathy For The Devil"
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Please allow me to introduce myself .
I'm a man of wealth and taste .
I've been around for a many long years .
Stole many a man's soul and faith
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And I was 'round when Jesus Christ .
Had his moment of doubt and pain .
Made damn sure that Pilate .
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
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Pleased to meet you .
Hope you guess my name .
But what's puzzling you .
Is the nature of my game
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I stuck around St. Petersburg .
When I saw it was a time for a change .
Killed the czar and his ministers .
Anastasia screamed in vain
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I rode a tank .
Held a general's rank .
When the blitzkrieg raged .
And the bodies stank
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Pleased to meet you .
Hope you guess my name .
But what's puzzling you .
Is the nature of my game
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I watched with glee .
While your kings and queens .
Fought for ten decades .
For the gods they made
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I shouted out .
Who killed the Kennedys? .
When after all .
It was you and me .
Let me please introduce myself .
I'm a man of wealth and taste .
And I laid traps for troubadours .
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
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Pleased to meet you .
Hope you guessed my name .
But what's puzzling you .
Is the nature of my game
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Just as every cop is a criminal .
And all the sinners saints .
As heads is tails .
Just call me Lucifer .
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
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So if you meet me .
Have some courtesy .
Have some sympathy, and some taste .
Use all your well-learned politesse .
Or I'll lay your soul to waste
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Pleased to meet you .
Hope you guessed my name .
But what's puzzling you .
Is the nature of my game
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