i lit out from reno i was trailed by twenty hounds didn t get to sleep that night until 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 babe he loaned me twenty bills i spent that night in utah in a cave up in the hills i ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there he took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air got two reasons why i cry away each lonely night 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 and if he catches up with me i ll spend my life in jail got a wife in cheno babe and one in cherokee first one says she s got my child but it don t look like me you can borrow from the devil you can borrow from a friend but the devil will give you twenty when your friend only got ten