Friend Of The Devil Lyrics - The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock - Jerry Garcia

I lit it out from Reno 

I was trailed by twenty hounds 

Didn't get to sleep last night 

'Til the morning came around 

Set out runnin' 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 

Well, I ran into the devil 

And he loaned me twenty bills 

I spent the night in Utah 

In a cave up in the hills 

I set out runnin' but I take my time 

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 

If I get home before daylight 

Just might get some sleep tonight 

But I ran down to the levee 

But the devil caught me there 

And he took my twenty dollars 

And he slicked back all my hair 

I set out runnin' but I take my time 

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine 

If I get home before daylight 

Just might get some sleep tonight 

I've 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 

The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail 

And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail 

Well, I got a wife in Chino, baby 

One in Cherokee 

One that says she's got my child 

She don't look like me 

Set out runnin' 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 set out runnin' 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