Friend Of The Devil lyrics

Artist  : Ramblin` Jack Elliot 
Song : Friend Of The Devil
 


I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty
hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till
the morning came around

chorus:
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