(She Kicked) The Devil Out Of Me

Song Description

A woman changed his ways.

Song Length 3:24 Genre Country - Honky Tonk, Blues - Traditional
Tempo Fast (151 - 170) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Delighted, Cheerful Subject Love a Married Person, Relationship
Similar Artists Travis Tritt, Tim Mcgraw Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

?(SHE KICKED)THE DEVIL OUT OF ME??
©2000 LONG/ALDEN/FRAZIER
27 April, 2000

I WAS MEAN AS A HOWLING WOLF?
START A FIGHT WHENEVER I COULD?
I?D HANG OUT AT THE POOL HALL?
JUST SWINGIN? THAT STICK OF WOOD?
SLEEP ON A BED OF NAILS?
WAKE UP MAD AT THE WORLD?
TAKE CANDY FROM A BABY?
?TILL I MET THAT SPECIAL GIRL?AND

CHORUS:

SHE KICKED?THE DEVIL OUT OF ME?
MADE ME CHANGE MY WICKED WAYS?
I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE?
HER LOVIN? KNOCKED ME TO MY KNEES?
SHE CALMED THE DEVILS RAGING FIRE?
BROUGHT ME DOWN FROM THAT HIGH WIRE?
YEAH?SHE SET MY COLD HEART FREE?
SHE KICKED THE DEVIL OUT OF ME?

I NEVER THOUGHT A GIRL LIKE HER
COULD TAME A MAN LIKE ME?
SO MUCH CLASS AND STYLE?
SHE HAD ?EM LINED UP SINGLE FILE?
ALL MY WAYWARD LIFE?
I?VE DONE ALL THE WRONG THINGS?
I?D LOVE ?EM AND I?D LEAVE ?EM?
THEN SHE PUSHED ME IN THE RING?

CHORUS: {NOW I?M SINGIN? IN A CHOIR}

BRIDGE:

NOW SHE?S THE ONE WHO KEEPS ME STRAIGHT?
THE DEVIL AND TEQUILA WON?T BE MY FATE?

BRIEF INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS:

Lyrics Melvin Long, George Frazier Music Garrick Alden, Melvin Long
Producer Garrick Alden Publisher N/A
Performance Garrick Alden Label N/A

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