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