Me and That Devil Again

I heard a knocking at my door

Yeah, early this cold morning

Came a knocking at my lonesome door

When I opened up, I whispered

“Well now, Satan, guess it’s time to go”

Me and that devil

We were walking side by side

Me and that devil

Moving slow, side by side

And I swore I’d treat my woman

Till my angry heart was satisfied

She told me she can’t see why

I’ve been treating her so wrong

Oh, she cried, “Why can’t you see

Why you’ve been dogging me so long?”

Must be that wicked shadow

Creeping up from deep down in the ground

If you lay down my body

Put me by the highway

If you bury my poor body

Leave me by that highway

So my own restless spirit

Can catch a Greyhound after I’m dead

Me and that devil

Walking side by side again

And I feel that evil closing in

Like an old, unwelcome friend

You may bury my body

But my spirit’s bound to ride the wind

Me and that devil

Walking once again