It was dark and I was down a lonely Texas road The night was hot and sleep at my eyes I was thinking 'bout the times and the women that I'd had The deceitful things I'd and those lies
standin' in the shadows by the side of the road Was the of a withered old man He wore a black bandanna, a ropin' hat With a two scarlet hat band
He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er So I over and stopped at his side He up the door, slid in and sat down He said, "My it hot tonight"
I studied this old man and it seemed strange For him to be out here all And then he started talkin' and he told me many Of times that both of us had
He told me of the wild and the women that he'd had How none of them had ever a thing He told me of a black night the same as this Of the strange and awesome he'd seen
A man beside the road had raised his And him down, so he stopped and let him in That told him stories that I am hearing now About the times and all the sin
And the car got cold and clammy, and this old man at me He said, "Boy, I've here for you" Your days of wicked have come to an end As a mortal on this earth boy, you are
Then his eyes got red and fiery as he his stetson off To reveal his evil shiny and black My God, the fear came o'er and my senses all lost I fought him until we finally crashed
Next day found 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