I lit out from Reno,
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I was trailed by twenty hounds
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Didn't get to sleep that night
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'Till the morning came around.
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Set out runnin' but I take my time
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A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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If I get home before daylight,
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I just might get some sleep tonight.
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Ran into the devil, babe,
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He loaned me twenty bills
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I spent the night in Utah
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In a cave up in the hills.
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Set out runnin' but I take my time,
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A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
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If I get home before daylight,
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I just might get some sleep tonight.
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I ran down to the levee
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But the devil caught me there
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He took my twenty dollar bill
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And vanished in the air.
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Set out runnin' but I take my time
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A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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If I get home before daylight,
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I just might get some sleep tonight.
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Got two reasons why I cry
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Away each lonely night,
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The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie,
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And she's my hearts delight.
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The second one is prison, baby,
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The sheriff's on my trail,
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And if he catches up with me,
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I'll spend my life in jail.
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Got a wife in Chino, babe,
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And one in Cherokee
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The first one says she's got my child,
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But it don't look like me.
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Set out runnin' but I take my time,
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A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
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If I get home before daylight,
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I just might get some sleep tonight.
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Extra Verse
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You can borrow from the devil
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You can borrow from a friend
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The devil'll loan ya twenty
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But your friend got only ten
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Friend Of The Devil ( New Recording )
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| Counting Crows |
