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 I'd done 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 a two inch scarlet hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er So I pulled over and 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 seemed strange For him to be out all alone And then he started talkin' and he me many things Of times that of us had known
He told me of the wild life and the women that had How none of them had ever a thing He told me of a night much the same as this Of the strange and awesome things seen
A man beside the had raised his hand And flagged him down, so he and let him in stranger told him stories that 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, come 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 fiery as he his stetson off To reveal his evil horns and black My God, the fear came o'er and my senses all lost I fought him until we finally crashed
Next day they found the car at the bottom of the The young cowboy was beside the wreck His car had been consumed by fire, the had no marks Except the pitchfork brand upon his neck