Hell to Pay - Charles Esten

You heard the whisper

In your ear

«I got all you ever wanted, got it right here

You been working too hard

I can feel your pain

It’s been a long dry spill, I can make it rain»

And that voice drowned out your conscious

So you made a real, clean brain

From many reservations, now you do whatever it takes

I stick to the straight, and narrow

And there’s an easy way

When you find out when there’s hell to pay

Dirty money

Spends just fine

You can wash the bad taste out your mouth with the fine red wine

Collateral damage

Well, it can’t be held

You can’t save the world, so you save yourself

And that voice drowned out your conscious

So you made a real, clean brain

From many reservations, now you do whatever it takes

There’s a stranger in your mirror

That you just turned away

'Cause the stranger knows there’ll be hell to pay

You gain the world

It only cost your soul

Now the deals are done, so let the good times roll

'Til the clouds roll in

And the sky turns grey

And the voice returns to say «there's hell to pay»

Heaven help you out when there’s hell to pay