I was trailed by twenty hounds
I didn't get to sleep at night
till the morning came around
I said I wanna better take my time,
friend of the devil is a friend
But if get home before daylight
I might get to sleep tonight
and he gave me twenty bills
on a cave up in the hills
Said I wanna take my time,
friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I might get some sleep tonight
but the old governor called me there
He took my twenty dollars back
and he vanished in the air
Said I wanna take my time,
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
Flyin' home, fallin' out,
I'm a -gettin' some sweet,
Got two reasons why I cry
First one's named Sweet Ann 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
why I cry away each lonely night
First one's named Sweet Anne Marie
and she's my heart's delight
Second one is hellfire, baby,
And if he catches up with me,
I'll spend my life in hell
I got a wife and she's a honey
First one say she got my baby,
but it don't look like me
I said I want her, but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I'll get home for daylight,
I might get some sleep to night
Why you can't borrow from the devil,
you can borrow from a friend
But the devil won't give you twenty
when your friend got only ten
a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight,
I might get some sleep tonight
Didn't get to sleep at night
till the morning came around
Said I don't really want to take my time,
a of the devil is a friend of mine
and I might get some sleep tonight
