Name: Devil's Tongue
Duration: P00H02M17S
Description: Words and Music by Deb Carpenter-Nolting, BMI

Devil's Tongue

from Windblown by Deb Carpenter-Nolting

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Words and Music by Deb Carpenter-Nolting, BMI

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The Devil’s Tongue
Copyright 1996 by Deb Carpenter-Nolting

He saunters into the Paradise Lounge
Out of the heavy night air
Snakeskin boots, vaquero roots
Thirsty from here to there
He moistens his lips on her fingertips
Invites himself to sit down
“I’d like a whiskey bracer with you as a chaser,”
He smiles as he orders a round

She can taste the sin as it slithers in
And coils itself up tight
She’s playin’ with fire, nine tails on a wire
Ready to rattle and strike
He’ll sizzle and crackle, and howl like a jackal
Then catch her soul in his teeth
She’s askin’ for trouble, the temperatures double
When the devil’s tongue is unleashed

She follows him out of the Paradise Lounge
A hot Nevada Eve
Tequila and lime, skirt slit to the thigh
Black Velvet, smooth to the cheek
She moistens his lips and swivels her hips
Like a dancing senorita
Licks the sweat off his skin like the salt off the rim
Of her second margarita

He can taste the sin as it slithers in
And coils itself up tight
He’s playin’ with fire, nine tails on a wire
Ready to rattle and strike
She’ll sizzle and crackle, and howl like a jackal
Then catch his soul in her teeth
He’s askin’ for trouble, the temperatures double
When the devil’s tongue is unleashed

Oh, they’re askin’ for trouble, and the temperatures double
When the devil’s tongue is unleashed

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from Windblown, released August 16, 2012
Vocals: Deb Carpenter-Nolting, Martin Gilmore
Guitar: Martin Gilmore

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