I lit out from Reno

I was trailed by 20 hounds (yeah, yeah)

I didn't get to sleep that night

'Til the mornin' came around

Set out runnin' but I take my time

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight

Ran into the devil, baby

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

I get home before daylight

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 a prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail

And if he catches up with me, you know I'll spend my life in jail

Got a wife in Chino, baby

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

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

I get home before daylight

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, baby, the sheriff's on my trail

And if he catches up with me, you know I'll spend my life in jail

Got a wife in Chino, baby

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

Friend of the devil is a friend of mine

I get home before daylight

Just might get some sleep tonight

(Yeah, yeah)

That's good

(Let me see)