[Verse 1]
I signed my name in ash
On a gold-leaf page
He smiled like a banker
In a rattlesnake cage
Now I eat on silver
From a bone-white plate
And the room keeps asking
How I got this taste
[Pre-Chorus]
Black boots by the door
Big house on the plain
He said, "Small price, darling"
I said, "Say it again"
[Chorus]
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
Velvet on my wrists
And a kiss that healed
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
If the wine runs red
Then I drink it still
[Verse 2]
My coat hangs heavy
With a rich man's grin
Every locked-up blessing
Let him talk his way in
I got a porcelain future
And a pocket full of coal
A mansion made of laughter
And a hole in my soul
[Pre-Chorus]
Black boots by the door
Big house on the plain
He said, "Small price, darling"
I said, "Say it again"
[Chorus]
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
Velvet on my wrists
And a kiss that healed
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
If the wine runs red
Then I drink it still
[Bridge]
I hear him in the boards
I hear him in my name
Humming through the rafters
Calling me by flame
If the debt comes due
I'll be rich in fear
But I bought this table
And I want it here
[Chorus]
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
Velvet on my wrists
And a kiss that healed
It's good to make a deal
It's good to make a deal
If the wine runs red
Then I drink it still