It was dark and I was down a lonely Texas road The was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the wild times and the women I'd had The deceitful things I'd and those lies
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 his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut '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 this old man and it seemed mighty strange For him to be out here all And then he started talkin' and he me many things Of that both of us had known
He me of the wild life and the women that he'd had How none of them had ever meant a He told me of a black much the same as this Of the strange and things he'd seen
A man the road had raised his hand And him down, so he stopped and let him in That stranger him stories that I am hearing now About the wild and all the sin
And the car got and clammy, and this old man looked at me He said, "Boy, come here for you" Your days of wicked have come to an end As a on this earth boy, you are through
Then his got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To reveal his horns shiny and black My God, the fear came and my senses were all lost I fought with him we finally crashed
Next day they the car at the bottom of the drop The young cowboy was beside the wreck His car had been consumed by fire, the cowboy had no Except the smokin' pitchfork brand his neck