Where the Devil Can't Follow

[couchgrouch]

Where the Devil Can't FollowThey say he walks through walls, anytime he wants toand the places are few, where he can't haunt youso I know he provoked, that barfight in Maconit's a wonder that drunk's neck, didn't end up breakin'but the first time I knelt down, in that Georgia prisonI learned prayer is one place, where only God can listenand where the devil can't followand wait till I weakencos it led me from darknesslike a lighthouse beaconso when I'm feelinglowly and hollowfaith is my fortresswhere the devil can't followwhen I got out I still felt, his stare over my shoulderhe'd tempt me with whores n drink, on nights he felt bolderbut few things strengthen a soul, like a fellow sinner's storysomeone who fought lucifer, and beat him before meso I used to stay up late, and ignore what my clock saidsifting my heart and list'ning to, that Man in Black box setwhere the devil can't followand wait till I weakencos it led me from darknesslike a lighthouse beaconso when I'm feelinglowly and hollowfaith is my fortresswhere the devil can't followwell, evil will stalk usand try to steer us to sinbut the devil succeeds bestwhen we blindly follow himbut as I grew in hope, and what heaven's grace islight became my shadow, and now ev'ry place iswhere the devil can't followand wait till I weakencos it led me from darknesslike a lighthouse beaconso when I'm feelinglowly and hollowfaith is my fortresswhere the devil can't follow(c)2005 Robert George