It was dark and I was driving down a Texas road The was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the times and the women that I'd had The deceitful things I'd and those lies
When standin' in the shadows by the of the road Was the figure of a old man He wore a black bandanna, a ropin' hat With a two inch scarlet hat
He held his wrinkled hand up as a to shut 'er down So I pulled over and at his side He up the door, slid in and sat down He said, "My it hot tonight"
I studied this old man and it seemed mighty For him to be out here all And then he talkin' and he told me many things Of times that both of us had
He told me of the wild life and the women he'd had How of them had ever meant a thing He me of a black night much the same as this Of the strange and awesome things seen
A man beside the had raised his hand And flagged him down, so he 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" days of wicked sinnin' have come to an end As a on this earth boy, you are through
his eyes got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil shiny and black My God, the fear o'er and my senses were all lost I fought with him until we crashed
day they found the car at the bottom of the drop The cowboy was found beside the wreck His car had been consumed by fire, the cowboy had no the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck