Sympathy for the devil

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for a long, long year

Stole many a man's soul to waste

I was 'round when Jesus Christ

Had his moment of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilate

Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

'Cause what's confusing you

Is just the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

I killed the Tsar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank, held a general's rank

When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

'Cause what's puzzling you

Is just the nature of my game

Come on, come on, come on

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name, ah, yeah

'Cause what's confusing you is just the nature of my game

I watched with glee while your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades for the gods they made

I shouted out, who killed the Kennedys?

When after all, it was you and me

Let me please introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

And I laid traps for the troubadours

Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal

And all the sinners saints

As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer

And I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy

Have some sympathy and some taste

Use all your well-learned politeness

Or I'll lay your soul to waste, oh yeah

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

But what's puzzling you is just the nature of my game

Ah, yeah, get down

What's my name?

What's my name?

Lucifer, that's my name, baby

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah