I lit out from Reno

I was trailed by twenty hounds

Didn't get to sleep that night

Till the morning came around

I set out running but I take my time

A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

I might get some sleep tonight

I ran into the Devil, babe

He loaned me twenty bills

I spent that night in Utah

In a cave up in the hills

I set out running but I take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

I 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

I set out running but I take my time

A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

I might get some sleep tonight

Got two reasons why I cry

away each lonely night

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

If he catches up with me

I'll spend my life in jail

Got a wife in Chino, babe

And one in Cherokee

First one says she's got my child

But it don't look like me

I set out running but I take my time

A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight

I might get some sleep tonight