i lit out from reno i was trailed by twenty hounds didn t get to sleep that night till the morning came around 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 babe he loaned me twenty bills i spent the night in utah in a cave up in the hills 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 down to the levee but the devil caught me there he took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air 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 got two reasons why i cry away each lonely night the first one s named sweet anne marie and she s my heart s delight second one is prison baby sheriff s on my trail and if he catches up with me i ll spend my life in jail got a wife in chino babe and one in cherokee first one says she s got my child but it don t look like me 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