I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't 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
I 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 he 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 heart's delight
Second one is prison baby
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 a-one in Cherokee
First one say 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
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
Second one is prison baby
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 a-one in Cherokee
First one say 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