I lit out from RenonI was trailed by twenty houndsnDidn't get to sleep that nightnTill the morning came aroundnnI set out running but I take my timenA friend of the Devil is a friend of minenIf I get home before daylightnI might get some sleep tonightnnI ran into the Devil, babenHe loaned me twenty billsnI spent that night in UtahnIn a cave up in the hillsnnI set out running but I take my timenA friend of the devil is a friend of minenIf I get home before daylightnI might get some sleep tonightnnI ran down to the leveenBut the Devil caught me therenHe took my twenty dollar billnAnd he vanished in the airnnI set out running but I take my timenA friend of the Devil is a friend of minenIf I get home before daylightnI might get some sleep tonightnnGot two reasons why I crynaway each lonely nightnFirst one's named sweet Anne Marienand she's my heart's delightnSecond one is prison, babynthe sheriff's on my trailnIf he catches up with menI'll spend my life in jailnnGot a wife in Chino, babenAnd one in CherokeenFirst one says she's got my childnBut it don't look like mennI set out running but I take my timenA friend of the Devil is a friend of minenIf I get home before daylightnI might get some sleep tonight