Friend Of The Devil

Written by: Robert Hunter, lyrics - Jerry Garcia, music

Times Played 1
First Played 04-16-2005
Last Played  04-16-2005

Lyrics:

  • I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
  • Didn't get to sleep last night till 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.

  • [The devil will give you twenty
  • When a friend's got only ten] *

  • Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
  • I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.

  • 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 ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
  • He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.

  • 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.

  • Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
  • The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
  • The second one is prison, babe, the sheriffs 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
  • The first one says she's got my child, but it 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.

  • * Hunter lyric, not performed by the Grateful Dead - may be in the wrong position.