Lyrics
i was trailed by twenty hounds
If i get home before daylight, and she s my hearts delight
Why i cry away each lonely night, he took my twenty dollar bill
I ll spend my life in jail, gonna take my time, the first one s named sweet emily
Got a wife in chino, gonna take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, in a cave up in the hills Dead, i ran down to the levee
why i cry away each lonely night
gonna take my time
But the devil caught me there, i ran down to the levee, till the morning came around
the sheriff s on my trail
Gonna take my time, i ll spend my life in jail, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, i was trailed by twenty hounds
Still out front, i was trailed by twenty hounds
Gonna take my time, i just might get some sleep tonight, still out front
But the devil caught me there, got a wife in chino Friend, the first one s named sweet emily
Gonna take my time, i just might get some sleep tonight Grateful, i ll spend my life in jail
And if he catches up with me, the first one says she s got my child Grateful, didn t get to sleep last night
And and one s in cherokee, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine, if i get home before daylight
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, if i get home before daylight
Got two reasons, got a wife in chino
But i doubt i ever will, the second one is prison
I just might get some sleep tonight, got two reasons
Till the morning came around, got a wife in chino Friend, and she s my hearts delight
In a cave up in the hills, the first one s named sweet emily
I just might get some sleep tonight, he took my twenty dollar bill, still out front
and he vanished into air
The first one s named sweet emily, why i cry away each lonely night
got two reasons
the sheriff s on my trail
Gonna take my time, the second one is prison
if i get home before daylight
And she s my hearts delight, gonna take my time, i just might get some sleep tonight