Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Friend Of The Devil lyrics

rate me

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<br />

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Thanks to razvan