There's a lot of evil in this world, now
Ain't a thing that you can do, now
There's a lot of evil in this world, now
And ain't a thing that you can do
You better take it with a grin, boy
And give the devil his due
Now you got people all around you, now
That's grinning in your face
You got people all around you, now
Grinning in your face
All the time their tryin' to figure out, now
Hmmm, how they can take your place
Well now, don't you be surprised, boy
At nothin' that comes to you, now
Well now, don't you be surprised
At nothin' that comes to you, now
You know that our haunted friend is busy
So give the devil his due
There's a lot of evil in this world, now
And ain't a thing that you can do
There's a lot of evil in this world, now
And ain't a thing that you can do
You may as well take it with a grin boy
And give the devil his due