Way down in Louisiana amongst the tall grown sugar canes 
Lived a simple man and a domineerin' hen and a rose of a different name 
The first time I fell lightly I was standing in the drizzlin' rain 
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name 
The devil made me do it the first time the second time I done it on my own 
Lord put a handle on a simple handed man and help me leave that black rose alone 

When the devil made that woman Lord she threw the pattern away 
She was built for speed with the tools you need to make a new fool every day 
Way down deep and dirty on the darker side of shame 
You caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin with a rose of a different name 
The devil made me do it the first time... 
The devil made me do it the first time...