Well, Reverend, Reverend please come quick 'Cause I've got something to admit I met a man out in the sticks, a good old mess He drove a series 10 Cadillac and wore a cigar on his lip Don't you know the devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the 61 in early July White as a cotton field and sharp as a knife I heard him howling as he passed me by And he said, "I know you, I know you young man I know you by the state of your hands You're a six-string picker, just as I am Let me learn you something I know a few turns to make all the girls dance" Don't you know the devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the 61 in early July White as a cotton field and sharp as a knife I heard him howling as he passed me by Oh foolish, foolish was I Damn, my foolish eyes 'Cause that man's lessons Had a price, oh sweet price My sweet soul, everlasting A very own eternal light Don't you know that the devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the 61 in early July White as a cotton field and sharp as a knife I heard him howling as he passed me by Well, the devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the 61 in early July White as a cotton field and sharp as a knife I heard him howling as he passed me by