I lit out from Reno   I was trailed by twenty hounds   Didn't get to sleep that night   Till 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 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 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 might get some sleep tonight      I ran down to the levee   But the Devil caught me there   He took my twenty dollar bill   And he vanished in the air      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 might get some sleep tonight      Got two reasons why I cry   away each lonely night   First one's named sweet Anne 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      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      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 might get some sleep tonight