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You see that stranger
Coming up the hill
If you don't recognize him
I know your preacher will
He's got a voice like sugar
Sugar in your tea
And he can sing you any song
Sing it sweeter than me
Blind your eyes
Steal your tongue
He'll take you when you're old
But he likes 'em young
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
And you see that stranger
Coming up the track
I can hear your mama
She's calling you back
Hit you like a fever
Fever dream
And he'll touch you like a thief
Leave your pockets clean
Blind your eyes
Steal your tongue
He'll get you when you're old
But he likes 'em young
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Coming up the hill
If you don't recognize him
I know your preacher will
He's got a voice like sugar
Sugar in your tea
And he can sing you any song
Sing it sweeter than me
Steal your tongue
He'll take you when you're old
But he likes 'em young
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Coming up the track
I can hear your mama
She's calling you back
Hit you like a fever
Fever dream
And he'll touch you like a thief
Leave your pockets clean
Steal your tongue
He'll get you when you're old
But he likes 'em young
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
Oh my, oh my baby
The devil's gonna get you if I don't first
Take my, take my body
Take my body and do your worst
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Rival Sons' lead vocalist Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday took a writing trip to a remote shack deep in the woods of south Tennessee to come up with songs for their Feral Roots album. This song (Do Your Worst) started with a riff that Holiday came up with during their time there.
The guitarist recalled to ABC Radio that he came up with the idea of setting the amps and everything else out on the porch. Once they cranked up the amps, he came up with "this really dirty, menacing tone, going out over the water, over the entire holler."
While that riff was echoing through the woods, Buchanan took a solitary walk during which he thought up lyrics. The singer eventually came up with some religious imagery that fitted like a glove with Holiday's guitar work: "The song needed to be me, the devil, and then a woman between us," he said.