Blue Devils

She said do you really love me? in a French hotel
 I said indeed I do, my lovely mademoiselle
 Be it morning, noon or night, I just can't get you out of my head
 For you, I'd give my soul to the devil when I'm dead
 But I'm too poor to ever ask your father for your hand
 This predicament has made me a melancholy man
 Can't think of anything I've done to deserve this circumstance
 All I can do is hope and pray for a second chance
 I'm bound to live a life of shame, blue devils are to blame
 Got no way to get a room, and no money for a meal
 Can't find any work, and I'm too honest to steal
 The beautiful Annette, her father took her away
 Now I'm drinking at the bar and I've got no way to pay
 A rich man sittin' next to me hears my story of woe
 Gives me ten thousand dollars and says I wouldn't have to owe
 Can't think of anything I've done to deserve this circumstance
 All I can do is hope and pray for a second chance
 I'm bound to live a life of shame, blue devils are to blame
 I said why would you just give me this money free and clear
 He said because it would bring us all satisfaction and good cheer
 Then I learned he was gonna kill himself until he overheard my tale
 He said he couldn't find happiness, and that his life had gotten stale
 Until he realized life's greatest pleasure is to help the poor
 So I thanked him and then I left to go knock on her daddy's door
 Can't think of anything I've done to deserve this circumstance
 All I can do is hope and pray for a second chance
 I'm bound to live a life of shame, blue devils are to blame