It was dark and I was driving down a lonely 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 things I'd done and 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 scarlet hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er So I pulled 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 then he started and he told me many things Of times both of us had known
He told me of the wild life and the women that had How none of them had ever a thing He told me of a black much the same as this Of the strange and awesome he'd seen
A man beside the had raised his hand And flagged him down, so he and let him in That stranger 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, I've come for you" Your days of wicked have come to an end As a mortal on earth boy, you are through
Then his eyes got red and as he took his stetson off To his evil horns shiny and black My God, the fear came and my senses were all lost I fought with him until we finally
Next day found the car at the bottom of the drop The young cowboy was beside the wreck His car had been by fire, the cowboy had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his