From the recording The Wrestle
Copyright 2025 by Mike Teichert
Lyrics by Mike Teichert
Voices and instrumentation created using AI
Lyrics
Verse,
Walking home from school one day
I saw a tabloid along the way
The pages fluttered open in the wind
With pictures of girls and bare skin
I stopped dead in my tracks, and I looked around
I should have ran from the danger, I’d found
But I wanted to get a better view
Then I heard my Dad’s voice and knew what to do
Chorus,
Speak of the Devil
I smell a rat,
is this the straw ,
that will break your back?
The choices you make
affect your power to act
And who you’ll follow
When you’re being attacked
Verse
When I got home I told my Dad
He said what I’d seen was really bad
He was proud of me for walking away
That I’d made a good choice on that day
He said , here's some advice that may help you
If that was your sister what would you do?
And those girls are God's children too!
But,
Chorus,
Speak of the Devil
I smell a rat,
is this the straw ,
that will break your back?
The choices you make
affect your power to act
And who you’ll follow
When you’re being attacked
Bridge
Verse,
Dad burned that trash that very day,
And I prayed, it would stay, Far away
But now that trash is seen on our phones,
TVs, and computers, it’s invading our homes
So take Dad’s advice , It may help you,
If that was your sister what would you do?
Don't forget she is God's child too.
But.
Chorus,
Speak of the Devil
I smell a rat,
is this the straw ,
that will break your back?
The choices you make
affect your power to act
And who you’ll follow
When you’re being attacked
speak of the Devil,
I Smell a rat,
Is this the straw ,
That will break your back