Sympathy For The Devil lyrics

Song information

Artist: Guns N' Roses
Album: Greatest Hits

Lyrics

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for long, long year
Stolen many a man's soul and faith
I was around when jesus christ had
His moment of doubt and pain
I made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

(Chorus:)
Please to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around st.petersburg
When I saw it was time for a change
I killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank, held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

(Chorus:)

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
So let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I lay traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reach bombay

(Chorus: -twice-)

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, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

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