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 that I'd had The deceitful I'd done and those lies
When in the shadows by the side of the road Was the figure of a old man He wore a black bandanna, a stetson hat With a two inch hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to 'er down So I pulled over and stopped at his He opened up the door, slid in and sat He said, "My it hot tonight"
I studied this old man and it seemed mighty For him to be out all alone And then he started talkin' and he told me things Of times that of us had known
He told me of the life and the women that he'd had How of them had ever meant a thing He told me of a night much the same as this Of the strange and awesome he'd seen
A man beside the had raised his hand And flagged him down, so he and let him in That stranger him stories that I am hearing now the wild times and all the sin
And the car got and clammy, and this old man looked at me He said, "Boy, I've come for you" Your days of wicked have come to an end As a mortal on this boy, you are through
his eyes got red and fiery as he took his stetson off To reveal his evil shiny and black My God, the fear o'er and my senses were all lost I fought with him until we finally
Next day they found the car at the bottom of the The young cowboy was found the wreck His car had been consumed by fire, the had no marks Except the smokin' pitchfork upon his neck