BRYAN FERRY lyrics - Sympathy For The Devil

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for a long, long year

Stole many a man's soul and fate



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



Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

But what's puzzling you

Is the nature of my game



Stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was time for a change

Killed the Czar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain



I rode a tank

Held a generals rank

When the Blitzkrieg raged

And the bodies stank



Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

But what's puzzling you

Is the nature of my game



I watched the gleam

While you kings and queens

Fought for ten decades

For the Goth they made



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 tracks for troubadours

Who get killed before they reached Bombay



Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

But what's puzzling you

Is the nature of my game



Just as every cop is a criminal

And all the sinners Saints

As I end this tale

Just call me Lucifer

'Cause I'm in need of some restraint



So if you meet me

Have some courtesy

Have some sympathy and some taste

Use all your well learned qualities

Or I'll lay your soul to waste