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.
I get home before daylight,
just might get some sleep tonight.
Ran into the devil, baby,
he loaned me twenty bills.
Stepped a 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.
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 Annmarie
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, baby,
and one in Cherokee.
First one says she 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.
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 Annmarie
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, baby,
and one in Cherokee.
First one says she got my child
but it don't look like me.
I set out runnin' but I take my time,
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight,
just might get some sleep tonight.