Track · Apr 13, 2026 · English

The Devil’s Got A Lousy Jukebox

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4:12

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English

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[Verse 1]

Got to the bottom of the staircase, thought I'd hear some screams

Maybe CCR, maybe Cash, maybe "Highway to Hell" on repeat

Instead I walked into a dive bar with the lights all dim and red

And a jukebox in the corner playin' songs I wish were dead

[Chorus]

The devil's got a lousy jukebox

Three songs and that's your lot

Track one is "Achy Breaky Heart"

Track two is "What's New Pussycat?"

Track three is just a recording

Of someone scrapin' a chair

I asked him for some Waylon

He said "best I can do is 'Weird Al' — and not the good years"

[Verse 2]

I put in a complaint form, took it to the desk

The demon there just shrugged at me and said "that's everyone's request"

Said the devil bought the jukebox at an auction back in '99

Said it came from a Applebee's that went out of business right on time

[Chorus]

The devil's got a lousy jukebox

Three songs and that's your lot

Track one is "Achy Breaky Heart"

Track two is "What's New Pussycat?"

Track three is just a recording

Of someone scrapin' a chair

I asked him for some Waylon

He said "best I can do is 'Weird Al' — and not the good years"

[Bridge — spoken, exasperated]

I died for this.

I died — went through the whole light tunnel, the whole life-flashing-before-my-eyes business —

I stepped on a rake, fell down a well, got eaten by a skag with a sinus problem —

And for what?

[jukebox audibly flips to "Achy Breaky Heart" again]

...for that?

[Instrumental break — a lone piano playing "Achy Breaky Heart" slowly, sarcastically, like it's mocking him]

[Outro — sung, defeated but still grinning]

The devil's got a lousy jukebox

But I guess it's free to play

And hell's a lot like Pandora

Just a different shade of gray

So I'll sit here at the sticky bar

And order one more round

And pretend I'm not already

The saddest man in town

[spoken, under his breath:]

...someone put a quarter in. Please.

[the jukebox clicks. "What's New Pussycat" starts. He sighs. Fade to black.]

Style

outlaw countrymaletempo: mid-slowdrunken shuffle. piano with some keys out of tune.english

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GeneratedApr 13, 2026

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