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Artist: Grateful Dead
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Friend Of The Devil
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Friend Of The Devil
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I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
'Till the morning came around
Set out running
But I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Ran into the devil, babe
He loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah
In a cave up in the hills
Set out running
But I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
I ran down to the levee
But the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill
And vanished in the air
Set out running
But I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons
Why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie
And she's my hearts delight
The second one is prison, babe
The sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me
I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe
And one in Cherokee
The first one say she's got my child
But it don't look like me
Set out running
But I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons
Why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie
And she's my hearts delight
The second one is prison, babe
The sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me
I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe
And one in Cherokee
The first one say she's got my child
But it don't look like me
Set out running
But I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
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