| I split out of Reno
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| I was trailed by twenty hounds
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| Didn’t get to sleep last night
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| 'Till the morning came around
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| Still out front, gonna 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 into air
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| Still out front, gonna 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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| Got two reasons
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| Why I cry away each lonely night
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| The first one’s named sweet Emily
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| And she’s my hearts delight
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| The 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 spent the night in Utah
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| In a cave up in the hills
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| Trying to find the devil
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| But I doubt I ever will
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| Still out front, gonna 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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| Got two reasons
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| Why I cry away each lonely night
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| The first one’s named sweet Emily
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| And she’s my hearts delight
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| The 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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| Got a wife in Chino, babe
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| And and one’s in Cherokee
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| The first one says she’s got my child
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| But it don’t look like me
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| Still out front, gonna 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 |