Cover art for Devil Woman by Cliff Richard

Devil Woman

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Apr. 23, 19761 viewer18.9K views

Devil Woman Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've had nothing but bad luck
Since the day I saw that cat at my door

So I came in to you, sweet lady
Answering your mystical call

[Pre-Chorus]
Crystal ball on the table
Showin' the future, the past

Same cat with them evil eyes
And I knew it was a spell she cast
(Uh)

[Chorus]
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind

[Verse 2]
"Give me the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines on your hand
I can see me a tall, dark stranger
Giving you what you hadn't planned"
[Pre-Chorus]
I drank the potion she offered me
I found myself on the floor
Then I looked in those big green eyes
And I wondered what I'd came there for (Uh)

[Chorus]
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you

[Bridge]
From behind
From behind

[Break]
Stay away
Look out

[Verse 3]
If you're out on a moonlit night
Be careful of them neighbourhood strays
Of a lady with long black hair
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
[Pre-Chorus]
Crystal ball on the table
Showin' the future, the past

Same cat with them evil eyes
You'd better get out of there fast
(Uh)

[Chorus]
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you (Oh)
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind (Stay away)
Beware the devil woman (Oh)
She's gonna get you (She's gonna get you)
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a…

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A 1976 song that was a major hit for Cliff Richard. It is told from the point of view of a man jinxed from an encounter with a stray cat with evil eyes, and his discovery that the psychic medium (a Gypsy) whose help he sought to break the curse was the one responsible for the curse in the first place. However, the nature of the curse is not made clear.

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