It was dark and I was driving down a lonely Texas The night was hot and sleep pulled at my I was thinking 'bout the wild times and the women I'd had The things I'd done and those lies
When in the shadows by the side of the road Was the of a withered old man He wore a black bandanna, a ropin' hat a two inch scarlet hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to 'er down 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 seemed mighty For him to be out here all And then he talkin' and he told me many things Of that both of us had known
He told me of the wild life and the women he'd had How none of them had meant a thing He told me of a night much the same as this Of the and awesome things he'd seen
A man beside the road had his hand And flagged him down, so he and let him in That stranger told him stories I am hearing now About the 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
Then his eyes got red and as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil horns and black My God, the fear o'er and my senses were all lost I fought him until we finally crashed
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 brand his neck