Oh, the devil came from Kansas. Where he went to I can’t say
Though I teach I’m not a preacher, and I aim to stay that way
There’s a monkey riding on my back – been there for some time
He says he knows me very well, but he’s no friend of mine
I am not a humble pilgrim
There’s no need to scrape and squeeze
And don’t beg for silver paper
When I’m trying to sell you cheese
Oh, the devil came from Kansas. where he went to I can’t say
If you really are my brother then you’d better start to pray
For the sins of those departed and the ones about to go
There’s a dark cloud just above us, don’t tell me ‘cos I know
I am not a humble pilgrim
There’s no need to scrape and squeeze
And don’t beg for silver paper
When I’m trying to sell you cheese
No, I never came from Kansas, don’t forget to thank the cook
Which reminds me of my duty: I was lost and now I look
For the turnings and the signpost and the road which takes you down
To that pool inside the forest in whose waters I shall drown
I am not a humble pilgrim
There’s no need to scrape and squeeze
And don’t beg for silver paper
When I’m trying to sell you cheese
The lyrics THE DEVIL CAME FROM KANSAS of CAT STEVENS is also present in the album Tell 'em i'm gone (2014)
Cat Stevens, pseudonimo di Steven Demetre Georgiou, è un cantautore britannico nato a Londra il 21 luglio 1948. Attivo dal fine degli anni '60 fino al 1978, ha poi abbracciato l'Islam e cambiato nome in Yusuf Islam, continuando la sua carriera musicale con un approccio più spirituale. Stevens è noto per le sue melodie folk-rock malinconiche e introspettive, spesso accompagnate da testi poetici che esplorano temi di amore, perdita, fede e spiritualità. Tra i suoi brani più celebri figurano "Wild World", "Father and Son" e "Peace Train". L'album "Tea for the Tillerman" (1970) è considerato un classico del folk-rock britannico. Dopo il suo periodo di conversione, Yusuf Islam ha continuato a pubblicare musica con testi più religiosi, ma ha sempre mantenuto una sensibilità musicale raffinata e poetica.
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