Friend Of The Devil Lyrics - American Beauty - Grateful Dead

I lit up 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'll 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 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 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 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 

The 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 

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 

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 

The 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 

The one in Cherokee 

The 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 just might get some sleep tonight