The Devil Smiles
Disclaimer: 'The Crucible' belongs to Arthur Miller. Always has and most likely always will. Get used to it.
Author's note: I'm sorry to say that this isn't mine. My friend wrote it during a 'break' from 'homework', so I'll pass all reviews onto her. It's a song and sounds quite pretty when sung. Think Elizabeth at the end of Act IV.
Look at me
Standing here alone
All I've ever known
Denied
Once again
They put me to the test
But I've got nothin' left
To hide
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Except my tears
One scrap of dignity
Can't sacrifice integrity
Though I'm wronged
And I be strong
Though sobbin' deep inside
Lord knows I've got my pride
And I'll go on
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It can't be true
But somehow here I stand
In this corrupted land
Of shady trials
We all were blind
As the innocents were tried
And the liars did survive
And the Devil smiles
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Take a good man
And trust a harlot's cry
Never think that she may lie
To save her soul
How is this just?
Understand it, I cannot
But the noose's deadly drop
Threatens all
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Oh, John, I'm here
What I'd give to take things back
Give the warmth that I once lacked
You're not to blame
'Twere me all the time
Thought love would never come to be
Didn't know you could love me
I be so plain
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The world's gone mad!
Am I the only one who see?
These cries of witchery
Not worth the cost
When one can say
A man who's good at heart
Does practice Devil's art
We know we're lost
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We all were blind
As the innocents were tried
And the liars did survive
And the Devil smiles
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Aye, the Devil smiles