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Evil (Studio Demo, July 28, 1973)

Steve Miller Band
Track 33 on J50: The Evolution Of The Joker (Deluxe) 

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Steve Miller
Sep. 15, 20231 viewer

Evil (Studio Demo, July 28, 1973) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Somebody somewhere done you wrong
Don't worry about your revenge
Somebody somewhere done you wrong
Don't worry 'bout your revenge

[Refrain]
'Cause that's when evil slips on in, yeah
Slips on in

[Verse 2]
When I first met you, baby
You were nothing but a child
When I first met you, pretty baby
I used to let you run wild
But somewhere, somehow, baby
All your goodness slipped away

[Refrain]
And that's when evil, evil let it stay
Gotta get away, yeah

[Verse 3]
Evil's with me in the morning
Evil's with me and I cannot get away
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[Refrain]
But there's gonna come a time, yeah
When somebody else is gonna pay

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J50: The Evolution Of The Joker (Deluxe) (2023)
Steve Miller Band
  1. 1.
    Steve Miller Commentary 1
  2. 2.
    Children Of The Future (Live - Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
  3. 3.
    Brave New World (Live - Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
  4. 4.
    Dear Mary (Live - Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
  5. 5.
    Space Cowboy (Live - Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
  6. 6.
    Ginger Man (Live In Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
  7. 7.
    Nothing Lasts (Live - Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
  8. 8.
    Steve Miller Commentary 2
  9. 9.
    Sugar Babe (Early Version) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (Missing Lyrics)
  10. 10.
    Sugar Babe (Live In Columbus, OH, December 8, 1973)
  11. 11.
    Sugar Babe
  12. 12.
    Mary Lou (Early Version) (Studio Rehearsal, January 19, 1973) (Missing Lyrics)
  13. 13.
    Mary Lou
  14. 14.
    Steve Miller Commentary 3
  15. 15.
    Hat (Pre-“Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma”) (Live in Sacramento, CA, June 6, 1971)
  16. 16.
    Say Hey Ray (Pre-“Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma”) (Studio Rehearsal, July 27, 1973)
  17. 17.
    White Elephant (Pre-“Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma”) (Studio Rehearsal, June 21, 1973)
  18. 18.
    Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma (Early Version) [Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972]
  19. 19.
    Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
  20. 20.
    Steve Miller Commentary 4
  21. 21.
    Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash (Early Version) (Studio Jam, July 5, 1973)
  22. 22.
    Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash
  23. 23.
    Lidi (Twang Guitar) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
  24. 24.
    Lidi (Studio, August 4, 1973)
  25. 25.
    Lidi / Travelin’ (Harmonics – Looking for a Chorus for “The Joker”) (Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972) (Missing Lyrics)
  26. 26.
    Travelin’ (Looking for a Chorus for “The Joker”) (Live Radio, July 1, 1973)
  27. 27.
    The Joker
  28. 28.
    Steve Miller Commentary 5
  29. 29.
    The Lovin’ Cup (Live - Lansing, MI, November 27, 1973)
  30. 30.
    The Lovin’ Cup
  31. 31.
    Come On In My Kitchen (Early Version) (Live in Dallas, TX, October 19, 1973)
  32. 32.
    Come On In My Kitchen (Live At Tower Theater, Philadelphia/1973)
  33. 33.
    Evil (Studio Demo, July 28, 1973)
  34. 34.
    Evil (Live at the Aquarius Theater, Boston, 1973)
  35. 35.
    Steve Miller Commentary 6
  36. 36.
    Coupe de Ville (A Cappella) (Hotel 4-Track, July 1973)
  37. 37.
    Something To Believe In (Early Version) (Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972)
  38. 38.
    Something To Believe In (Tough Crowd) [Live - Austin, TX, October 19, 1973]
  39. 39.
    Something To Believe In
  40. 40.
    I Don’t Mind (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
  41. 41.
    I Don’t Mind (Studio, July 31, 1973)
  42. 42.
    Mama Church (A Cappella) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
  43. 43.
    The Joker (Single Version)
Credits
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Vocals
Bass
Drums
Guitar
Organ
Pedal Steel Guitar
Mixing Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Label
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Release Date
September 15, 2023
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RockDemoSinger-SongwriterBlues RockPsychedelic RockPsychedelic
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