I was chased by 20 hounds,
they ran me all the night away
till the morning came around.
Started out running but I take my time,
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight,
I just might get some sleep tonight.
and he loaned me 20 bills
I spent the night in Utah
in a cave up in the hills
Thought I'd run him but I'd
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
And if I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
I ran down to the river levee
But the devil caught me there
He took his twenty dollars
I thought I had to 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've got two reasons
And she's my heart's delight
The second one is prison,
the sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me,
I'll spend my life in jail
The first one says she got my child,
but it don't look like me
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight,
just might get some sleep
Boy he loaned me twenty bills
in a cave up in the hills
Started out runnin' 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
Oh, I ran down to the levee, yeah,
but the devil caught me there
He took his twenty dollars
and he vanished in the air
I start out runnin' to take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
And if I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
