LYRICS [Old Blues Sample] [Crackling mono voice] Every road got a witness Every grave got a name [Instrumental Intro] [Low bass riff] [Dry drums enter] [Slide guitar moans] [Verse 1] I stepped out under a blood-red sign With a black coat hanging from a telephone line There was dust on my shoes, there was smoke in my chest And a little gold cross where the lawman pressed My brother said, “Son, better leave this town” But the bridge was burning and the rain came down I had twelve bad reasons and a half-dead plan With the Lord in the back seat and blood on my hands [Pre-Chorus] [Low gospel responses] Keep walking Keep walking I heard that bell from the county line Saying every guilty heart gets called in time [Chorus] The devil knows my name The devil knows my name He was waiting by the highway When the midnight judgment came The devil knows my name But the angels know it too I got one hand on salvation And the other hand on you [Verse 2] There was a woman in white at the liquor-store door Said she knew what I wanted, said she knew what it was for She had mercy in her mouth, had a razor in her sleeve She said, “A man will sell the truth for the right to be believed” I put the money on the counter, heard the patrol cars cry Saw the blue lights trembling in the corner of her eye She said, “Run for the river, let the old world drown” But the river had risen and the road turned around [Pre-Chorus] [Choir growing] Keep walking Keep walking Every mile was a jury, every shadow was a sign Every door I left behind me was a door no longer mine [Chorus] The devil knows my name The devil knows my name He was waiting by the highway When the midnight judgment came The devil knows my name But the angels know it too I got one hand on salvation And the other hand on you [Spoken Sermon] [Drums stripped back] Now listen A good man fears the darkness A bad man makes it pay A wise man sees the morning And keeps driving anyway You can wash your hands in water You can wash your hands in wine But the stain that makes you holy Is the stain you cannot hide [Slide Guitar Break] [Dirty bottleneck guitar] [Old preacher samples] [Choir humming] [Final Gospel Chorus] The devil knows my name [He knows your name] The devil knows my name [He knows your name] He was standing at the crossroads When the midnight judgment came The devil knows my name [But Heaven knows it too] I got one hand on salvation And the other hand on you The devil knows my name [Keep walking] The devil knows my name [Keep walking] I heard the gates of mercy But I drove straight through [Outro] [Spoken, close microphone] Tell the judge I saw the light I just never slowed down
