Intro: I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn’t get to sleep last night till the morning came around Chorus: 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 just might get some sleep tonight Ran into the devil babe he loaned me twenty bills Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills Chorus Went down to the levee but the devil caught me there He took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air Chorus Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night The first ones named sweet Anne Marie and she’s my heart’s delight The second one is prison baby the sheriffs on my trail And 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 Chorus Intro and fade