| Lyrics: | 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 runnin' but I 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.
Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in
Utah in a cave up in the hills.
Set out runnin' but I 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
He took my twenty
dollar bill and vanished in the air.
Set out runnin' but I 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 hearts delight.
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on
my trail,
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail.
Got a wife in
Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like
me.
Set out runnin' but I 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 |
