I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didnt get to sleep that night til 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, 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
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 ones named sweet Anne Marie, and shes my hearts delight
The second one is prison, baby, the sheriffs on my trail
And if he catches up with me, Ill spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe, one in Cherokee
First one say shes got my child, but it dont 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
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night:
The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and shes my hearts delight
The second one is prison, baby, the sheriffs on my trail
And if he catches up with me, Ill spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, baby, one in Cherokee
First one say she got my child, but it dont 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