Friend of the Devil

I head up from Reno

I was trailed by twenty hounds

Didn't get to sleep last night

Til the morning came around

Set out runnin' but I take my time

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight

Ran into the devil, babe

He loaned me twenty bills

Spent the night in Utah

In a cave up in the hills

Set out runnin' but I take my time

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight

Ran into the levee, boy

The devil called me "Dave"

Took my twenty dollar bill

And vanished in the air

Set out runnin' but I take my time

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight

Got two reasons why I cry

Away each lonely night

First one's named sweet Anne Marie

She's my heart's delight

Second one is prison, baby

Sheriff's on my trail

And if he catches up to me

I'll spend my life in jail

Got a wife in Chino

Baby, one in Cherokee

First one says she got my child

But it don't look like me

Set out runnin' but I take my time

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight