Flyin' down a flat track, bottle in a brown sack   Pistons pumpin' in a poor boy's Cadillac   Cross the Mississippi, crazy on the pale moonlight      I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight, yeah      Gotta go, can't stop smoking like a chimney top   Heart's on fire, got me heated up real hot   Burnin' down the bayou like a lit stick of dynamite      Say, I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight      There's a little piece of Heaven   Down a snaky Louisiana road   Sweeter than a taste of homemade wine   And hotter than Tabasco      Tearin' up the retreads right foot full of lead   Ain't slowing down for alligators, copperheads   Like a runaway train barrelin' down the line      I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight      Get out of my way      There's a little piece of Heaven   Down a snaky Louisiana road   Sweeter than a taste of homemade wine   And hotter than Tabasco      Skeeter filled swampland, shaky bridge quicksand   Runnin' over potholes fast as I can   One left headlight leadin' me to paradise      I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight   Say, I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight   Yeah, I'm goin' to beat the devil   To see my angel tonight   Oh, yeah, almost there