The Devil Came Down to Virginia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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