It was dark and I was driving a lonely Texas road The was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the wild 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 up as a sign to shut 'er down So I pulled and stopped at his side He opened up the door, slid in and sat He said, "My it hot tonight"
I studied this old man and it mighty strange For him to be out here all And he started talkin' and he told me many things Of times both of us had known
He told me of the wild and the women that he'd had How of them had ever meant a thing He told me of a black much the same as this Of the strange and awesome things seen
A man beside the road had his hand And him down, so he stopped and let him in That stranger told him stories that I am now the wild times and all the sin
And the car got cold and clammy, and this old man at me He said, "Boy, I've here for you" Your of wicked sinnin' have come to an end As a mortal on earth boy, you are through
his eyes 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 were all I fought with him until we crashed
Next day they the car at the bottom of the drop The cowboy was found beside the wreck His car had consumed by fire, the cowboy had no marks the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck