It was and I was driving down a lonely Texas road The night was hot and sleep pulled at my I was thinking 'bout the wild times and the women I'd had The deceitful things I'd done and those
standin' in the shadows by the side of the road Was the figure of a old man He a black bandanna, a ropin' stetson hat With a two inch hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a 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 mighty strange For him to be out all alone And then he started talkin' and he told me things Of times that both of us had
He told me of the wild life and the that he'd had How none of had ever meant a thing He told me of a black much the same as this Of the and awesome things he'd seen
A man beside the road had raised his And flagged him down, so he and let him in That stranger told him stories I am hearing now About the wild and all the sin
And the car got cold and clammy, and old man looked at me He said, "Boy, I've come for you" Your days of wicked sinnin' have to an end As a mortal on earth boy, you are through
Then his got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil horns and black My God, the fear came o'er and my were all lost I fought with him until we finally
Next day they found the car at the bottom of the The young was found beside the wreck His car had been consumed by fire, the had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his