It was and I was driving down a lonely Texas road The night was hot and pulled at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the wild times and the that I'd had The deceitful things I'd and those lies
When standin' in the shadows by the of the road Was the figure of a old man He wore a bandanna, a ropin' stetson hat a two inch scarlet hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a to shut 'er down So I pulled over and stopped at his He opened up the door, slid in and sat 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 times both of us had known
He told me of the wild life and the that he'd had How of them had ever meant a thing He told me of a black night much the as this Of the strange and awesome things he'd
A man beside the road had raised his And him down, so he stopped and let him in That stranger him stories that 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 here 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 as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil shiny and black My God, the fear came and my senses 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 been by fire, the cowboy had no marks the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck