I lit out from Reno    I was trailed by twenty hounds    Didn't get to sleep last 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 just might get some sleep tonight       I ran into the Devil,    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    Just 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    Just 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, baby    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      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, baby    And one in Cherokee    First one says she's got my child    But it does not 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