Sympathy for the Devil Songtext

von Guns N Roses

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzlin' you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzlin' you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
As 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 laid traps for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzlin' you
Is the nature of my game

Just as every cop's 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 you well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed me name, oh yeah
But what's puzzlin' you
Is the nature of my game
Oh yeah