It was and I was driving down a lonely Texas road The night was hot and sleep pulled at my I was thinking 'bout the times and the women that I'd had The deceitful things I'd done and lies
When in the shadows by the side of the road Was the figure of a old man He wore a black bandanna, a stetson hat With a two inch scarlet hat
He held his hand up as a sign to shut 'er down So I pulled and stopped at his side He opened up the door, slid in and sat He said, "My it hot tonight"
I this old man and it seemed mighty strange For him to be out all alone And then he talkin' and he told me many things Of times both of us had known
He told me of the wild life and the women he'd had How none of had ever meant a thing He told me of a black night the same as this Of the and awesome things he'd seen
A man the road had raised his hand And him down, so he stopped and let him in That told him stories that I am hearing now About the wild and all the sin
And the car got and clammy, and this old man looked at me He said, "Boy, come here for you" Your of wicked sinnin' have come to an end As a mortal on earth boy, you are through
Then his eyes got red and as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil shiny and black My God, the fear came o'er and my senses were all I with him until we finally crashed
Next day they found the car at the of the drop The young cowboy was found beside the His car had been consumed by fire, the cowboy had no Except the pitchfork brand upon his neck