Friend of the Devil

I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds

Didn’t get to sleep last night till the morning came around

Set out running but I’ll take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight

I ran into the devil babe and he loaned me twenty bills

Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills

Set out running but I’ll take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight

I ran down to the levee, but the devil caught me there.

Took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air

Set out running but I’ll take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

The First one’s named sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my heart’s delight

The Second one is prison bait and the sheriff is on my trial

And if he catches up with me I’ll spend my life in jail

I’ve got a wife in Chino Babe and one in Cherokee

First one says she got my child but it don’t look like me

Set out running but I’ll take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

The First one’s named sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my heart’s delight

The Second one is prison bait and the sheriff is on my trial

And if he catches up with me I’ll spend my life in jail

Set out running but I’ll take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight