It was dark and I was driving down a lonely road The night was hot and sleep at my eyes I was thinking the wild times and the women 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 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 seemed strange For him to be out here all And then he started talkin' and he told me many Of that both of us had known
He told me of the wild and the women that he'd had How none of them had ever meant a He told me of a black night the same as this Of the strange and things he'd seen
A man beside the road had raised his And flagged him down, so he and let him in That told him stories that I am hearing now the wild times and all the sin
And the car got cold and clammy, and this old man at me He said, "Boy, come here for you" Your of wicked sinnin' have come to an end As a mortal on this earth boy, you are
Then his got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To reveal his horns shiny and black My God, the fear came o'er and my senses all lost I fought with him until we finally
Next day they found the car at the bottom of the The young cowboy was found the wreck His car had been by fire, the cowboy had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork upon his neck