He lived down by the farm house
Where the stray cats sleep at night
Just a deck of cards, two fold up chairs
And a ghost of his wife
The Devil lived in his doorway
Kept out the love and hope
He lived a long long long time
A long time ago
He lost one yellow sunday when he reached into his throat
Pulled out all the people that he had been and tried to choke
But together they overwhelmed him and he couldn't help but explode
He lost a long long long time
A long time ago
Asked a man in town and he said he is lonely
Said he was strange and he was all alone
No place to go
He went up in smoke
Do do doooo doooo doooo doooo
Well he left in a hurry
While the cops kicked in his door
He jumped out the second story
Went do the road and highacked a car
Stuck his head out the broken window and he howled like the Devil's own
He left a long long long time
A long time ago
Asked a man in town and he said he is lonely
Said he was strange and he was all alone
No place to go
He went up in smoke
Do do doooo doooo doooo doooo
He flew right past the border
He ditched his car and dyed his hair
He took out his deck of cards for a couple last rounds of solitare
And he slept just like a baby
Though the night was hard and cold
He flew a long long long time
A long time ago
When he passed through the devils doorway
Well he knew just where he was
He through back his head and howled s he resigned himself to dust
And they found him in the Rio Fuerte his body was still afloat
He passed a long long long time
A long time ago
He passed a long long long time
A long time ago
He passed a long long long time
A long long long time
A long time ago