It was dark and I was driving a lonely Texas road The night was hot and sleep at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the wild times and the that I'd had The deceitful I'd done and those lies
When standin' in the shadows by the side of the Was the of a withered old man He wore a black bandanna, a ropin' hat With a two inch scarlet hat
He his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er down So I pulled 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 seemed mighty For him to be out here all And then he talkin' and he told me many things Of times both of us had known
He told me of the life and the women that he'd had How none of them had ever meant a He told me of a black night much the as this Of the strange and awesome 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 the wild times and all the sin
And the car got cold and clammy, and old man looked at me He said, "Boy, I've come for you" Your days of wicked sinnin' come to an end As a mortal on this earth boy, you are
his eyes got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To his evil horns shiny and black My God, the came o'er and my senses were all lost I with him until we finally crashed
day they found the car at the bottom of the drop The young cowboy was found beside the His car had consumed by fire, the cowboy had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his