The Devil Has All the Best Tunes

Paddy McAloon

[Refrain]
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[Verse 1]
Heads or tails once I forget
I'm trying to master a new alphabet
Far too obliging to ever admit
I've never been keen on this 'Here boy' and 'Sit'
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([?])

[Verse 2]
I don't want that ghost coming back again
Who will play fair?
For when I say this is double or quits ([?])
I double and stay-ay-ay ([?])
([?])
([?])

[Chorus]
One fine day there must be some old saying
I can say with truth in my heart
No sub-clauses in the way, and now make a start
The devil always has the finest tunes
Of course it's always over much too soon

[Refrain]
La la la la la la la la
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[Bridge]
Open yolk, there was a time I'd smile
Tell (many lies)
Like I want you then so I want you now
Lighting will pеrpetuate your mess
As I count (on my fingеrs)
That we add up to so much less ([?])
(People can't be honey bees always)

[Verse 3]
Fee-fi-fee, fo-fi-fum
I see you have met my stumbling tongue
Just one more faux-pas that I can commit
Learning the French for my eternal wit
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[Verse 4]
I'm standing outside this narrative
What can I do?
Should I feign sleep
Or just cloister my heart and bury it deep? ([?])
(By-the-by [?])
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[Chorus]
One fine day, there must be some old saying
I can say with truth in my heart
No sub-clauses in the way, and now make a start
The devil always has the finest tunes
Of course it's always over much too soon
There must be someone saying
I can say with truth in my heart
Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday', and now make a start
The devil always has the finest tunes
And of course it's always over much too soon
There must be some old saying
I can say with truth in my heart
Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday', and now make a start
The devil always has the finest tunes
And of course it's always over much too soon

[Refrain]
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

Trivia about the song The Devil Has All the Best Tunes by Prefab Sprout

Who composed the song “The Devil Has All the Best Tunes” by Prefab Sprout?
The song “The Devil Has All the Best Tunes” by Prefab Sprout was composed by Paddy McAloon.

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