Side by side... with the devil in stride
And we all tramp side by side
With the devil in stride, like the devil we ride

You say you can't abide by the rules of the tide and your build your castle
Where the past will not hassle your pride and all your prized parcels
But how far still to go for the car full of woe that you tow to the station you're conflatin'
With the dog-and-pony show that has a map full of arrows, pointin' to the straight and narrow
Where you don't dare go cause the halos are jails for the chumps
With no gumption or barrows to wheel their guts through the narrows
'Tween the seas of sin and prayer, oh
Where oh, where has my little dog gone?
Is Cerberus now really the only one who'll come when I cry “here, boy”?
Here, boy! Here, boy!

Hey there, Mr. Dream Monger
Can you set me up with something stronger?
Hey there, Lil' Hope Builder
Can I get, can I get, can I get one more dose of your painkiller?

Will or won't doesn't matter when you can't climb the ladder
'Cause you're fatter from all the Saturdays when you grazed on the truffles and the trifles
Now you rifle through the drawer looking for the score to settle
With the devil for the motley you wore
But evermore's in the nevermore and you're forevermore...
Well, well, look at you, you're biting ankles
Yeah, you're rankled, well, what? What right, you're supposed to be thankful?
For being spanked for the pranks pulled by everyone but they walk and you're hung out to dry in the sun
With no white flag to wave toward the hum-diddy-hum-diddy, dum-ditty-doo

Well, hey there, Mr. Wise Guy (yeah, you)
Just pass me one of those alibis
Hey there, Lady Luck
Why are you, why are you, why are you always tryin' to duck me?

I see... you just can't agree
With my philosophy... as far as you can see it
Well, be that as it may, there is no hazard pay
For those who wend their way to the buffet of self-knowledge
And I acknowledge that I probably owe apology for my apathy shown toward our... wait for it....
Putative apogee

Yeah, well, here we are side by side with the devil in stride
Yeah, and we're all trampin' side by side
With the devil in stride, like the devil's bride
Yeah, here we go side by side
With the devil we ride, like the devil we ride

Hey there, Monsieur Faith Keeper
Why's your price grown steeper?
Hey there, Miss Wish Giver
What d'ya mean, what d'ya mean, what d'ya mean that you no longer deliver?

Well, shifafa