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