Even The Devil

You came in with that grin

Like you already knew my name

Boots by the back door

Trouble in a Sunday frame

I saw that spark in your eyes

Before the smoke got thin

You wore your pretty lie

Like a halo and a sin

And I should've known

By the way you shined

Some hearts learn fast

How to hide behind

A sweet goodbye

And a velvet hand

But I kept reaching

For the promised land

Even the devil was an angel

Before the fall and the dust

I still hear your sweet talk

Ringin' through my bones

Even the devil was an angel

And you were mine alone

Now the porch light's burning low

On a house that won't forget

Your old jean jacket's hanging

But the room still smells like regret

I keep your name on my tongue

Like a match I shouldn't strike

'Cause every time I let you in

You turn love into a knife

And I should've known

By the way you smiled

That heaven can dress

In a thief's disguise

You held me close

Then you let me drown

Now the man I was

Won't come back around

Even the devil was an angel

Before the fall and the dust

I still hear your sweet talk

Ringin' through my bones

Even the devil was an angel

And you were mine alone

If I find you in a memory

I don't stay long

I know a pretty face

Can sing a wrecking song

So go on, take your wings

Take your borrowed light

I learned the hard way

Truth don't always wear white

Even the devil was an angel

Before the fall and the dust

I still hear your sweet talk

Ringin' through my bones

Even the devil was an angel

And you were mine alone

Yeah, you were mine alone

Just for a while

Angel first

Then the wild