[Verse]
The devil came to Virginia
Mind sharp like a knife's edge
Eyes on the crowd and souls to steal
All scattered, and worked to death
Dreams in the mud
Souls in the ditch
Chasing the high
Chained to the itch
[Prechorus]
But the men in suits
Sold us our chains with lies n deceit
Lies in his mouth, poison in his veins
Looking for people to keep
[Chorus]
They hooked us all for the money
Fed the pain, pills rained to numb ya
It left a stain, they used our pain
The devil came down to Virginia
Now we all feel the strain
[Verse 2]
Needles on the pavement
Bottles on the floor
Doctors wrote the scripts
Then they locked their doors
Promised relief
But they sold a war
Lives traded cheap
Just to make some more
[Bridge]
Golden handshakes
Built on broken backs
White coats smiling
While they got kickbacks
Towns turned hollow
Names scratched on plaques
Virginia's bleeding
They can't take it back
[Chorus]
They hooked us all for the money
Fed the pain, pills rained to numb ya
It left a stain, they used our pain
The devil came down to Virginia
Now we all feel the strain
[Outro]
Once they left crime moved in
Snitches were born, we all went to the pen
They got light as ruined lives
The devil came down to Virginia
Wearing a white coat, suit and a tie