It was dark and I was driving down a lonely Texas The was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the 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 of a withered old man He wore a black bandanna, a ropin' hat With a two inch scarlet hat
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er So I over and stopped 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 mighty strange For him to be out all alone And he started talkin' and he told me many things Of that both of us had known
He told me of the life and the women that he'd had How none of them had meant a thing He told me of a black much the same as this Of the strange and things he'd seen
A man beside the road had his hand And flagged him down, so he and let him in That stranger him stories that I am hearing now the wild times and all the sin
And the car got and clammy, and this old man looked at me He said, "Boy, I've come for you" Your days of wicked sinnin' have to an end As a mortal on this earth boy, you are
Then his eyes got red and fiery as he took his off To reveal his horns shiny and black My God, the fear came o'er and my were all lost I fought him until we finally crashed
Next day found the car at the bottom of the drop The young cowboy was beside the wreck His car had consumed by fire, the cowboy had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork brand his neck