He'll charm your life 'til the cold winds blow
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
Great deceiver
He's a man of the world by the light of day
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonized the ground that he walked upon
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
Great deceiver
Cigarettes, ice cream, Cadillacs blue jeans
A golden smile and a proposition
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Sing hymns make love get high fall dead
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Once he called the tune in a chequered quit
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Great deceiver
