Friend of the Devil - Cosmo Jarvis

I split out of Reno

I was trailed by twenty hounds

Didn’t get to sleep last night

'Till the morning came around

Still out front, gonna 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 into air

Still out front, gonna 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 Emily

And she’s my hearts 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

I spent the night in Utah

In a cave up in the hills

Trying to find the devil

But I doubt I ever will

Still out front, gonna 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 Emily

And she’s my hearts 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

Got a wife in Chino, babe

And and one’s in Cherokee

The first one says she’s got my child

But it don’t look like me

Still out front, gonna 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