Original song by J.J. Cale from his seventh album "Grasshopper", released in 1982. Just blues and country mixture, so typical for this legendary guitarist and songwriter.
From the California shore to New York City
The beat don't never stop
You can hear it on the radio anywhere you go
It's steady as the rhythm of a clock
It cuts through the noise of the city life
It won't seem to go away
It's the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
My fingers do the walking everyday
Yonder comes a young girl she wants to take a whirl
She thinks it's all a dream
She got rock and roll way down in her soul
She wants to know where's the limousine
Get up honey let your mama sit down
You're too young anyway
The devil in disguise give her the prize
Then you can carry her away
When the road I travel starts to unravel
Every which way it goes
The beat starts to press on my bullet proof vest
And my high turns out to be low
Give me my guitar I'm going to go far
Let me see it let me hold it in my hand
I'm the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
I'm playing in a rock 'n roll band
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From the California shore to New York City
The beat don't never stop
You can hear it on the radio anywhere you go
It's steady as the rhythm of a clock
It cuts through the noise of the city life
It won't seem to go away
It's the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
My fingers do the walking everyday
Yonder comes a young girl she wants to take a whirl
She thinks it's all a dream
She got rock and roll way down in her soul
She wants to know where's the limousine
Get up honey let your mama sit down
You're too young anyway
The devil in disguise give her the prize
Then you can carry her away
When the road I travel starts to unravel
Every which way it goes
The beat starts to press on my bullet proof vest
And my high turns out to be low
Give me my guitar I'm going to go far
Let me see it let me hold it in my hand
I'm the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
I'm playing in a rock 'n roll band
Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc,
BMG Rights Management US, LLC
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Artist info
Grammy winning influential blues songwirter and guitarist, especially appreciated by Eric Clapton. His songs "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" are better known from Eric Clapton's covers. "Call Me the Breeze" was covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer and Johnny Cash.Cale did only few interviews and rarely performed live. He was considered as one of the most unaffected, but highly influential person in music business. In 2008, J.J. Cale and Clapton, received a Grammy Award for their collaboration album The Road to Escondido.