| i lit out from reno
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| i was trailed by twenty hounds
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| didn’t get to sleep that night
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| till the morning came around
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| i ran into the devil babe he loaned me twenty bills
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| i spent that night in Utah
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| in a cave up in the hills
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| i set out running but i take my time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i just might get some sleep tonight
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| i ran down to the levee
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| but the devil caught me there
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| he took my twenty dollar bill
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| and he vanished in the air
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| got a wife in chino, babe
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| and wanting cherokee
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| first one says she’s got my child
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| but it don’t look like me
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| i said i running but i take mye time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i might just get some sleep tonight
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| i set out running but i take my time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i just might get some sleep
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| i set out running but i take my time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i just might get som sleep tonight
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| got two reasons why i cry
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| away each lonely night
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| first one’s named sweet anne marie
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| and she’s my heart’s delight
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| second one is prison, babe
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| the sheriff’s on my trail
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| and if he catches up with me
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| i’ll spend my life in jail
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| i set out running but i take my time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i just might get some sleep
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| i said i running but i take my time
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| a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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| if i get home before daylight
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| i just might get some sleep tonight |