Sympathy for the Devil Songtext
von Tomoyasu Hotei

Please, allow me to introduce myself
I′m a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long long year
Stolen many a man′s soul and faith

I was around when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the...
Nature of my game

I stuck around Saint Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed that Tzar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain


I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what′s puzzling you is the...
Nature of my game

I watched with glee while your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades for the Gods they made
I shouted out: Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all it was you and me

Let me, please, introduce myself
I′m a man of wealth and taste
And I lay traps for the troubadours
Who get killed before they reach Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the...
Nature of my game


Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what′s confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners, saints
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer
'Cause I′m in need of some restraint

So if you meet me have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what′s puzzling you is the...
Nature of my game
I mean it, get down