[Verse 1] I met a beautiful Texas lady At an all night rodeo She was dancing in the corner with the devil to a song I wrote Her eyes were full of laughter There was mirth in the back of her throat She says you look like you're running from a woman in a petticoat [Verse 2] The morning sun would find me on the wrong side of her bed With her legs in my hair and my eyes bloodshot and red I've broken all my guitar strings searching for a pretty note Yeah I'm running from the devil dancing to a song I wrote [Chorus] Life's got a way of dealing fate from the bottom of the deck Love's got a way of leaving marks 'round your heart and neck I've broken all my guitar strings searching for a pretty note Yeah I'm running from the devil dancing to a song I wrote [Verse 3] There's a perfect kind of freedom to a life that's a bumming around But the cards won't let you beat 'em when your heart's in another town A wrinkled old Texas Ranger picked me up on the side of the road He was riding in a jeep eating green pistachios [Verse 4] All the way to Amarillo he was singing to the radio He was driving like the devil tapping to a song I wrote [Chorus] Life's got a way of dealing fate from the bottom of the deck Love's got a way of leaving marks 'round your heart and neck I've broken all my guitar strings searching for a pretty note Yeah I'm running from the devil dancing to a song I wrote [Outro] Yeah I'm running from the devil dancing to a song I wrote Yeah I'm running from the devil dancing to a song I wrote Yeah I'm running from the devil
