He lived down by the farm house
Where the stray cats sleep at night
Just a deck of cards, two fold-out chairs
And the ghost of his wife
And 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 lawless
Said he was strange and he was all alone
No place to go
It went up in smoke
Do do do doooo doooo, doo doo
Well, he left in a hurry
When the cops kicked in his door
He jumped out the second story, went down the road and hijacked a car
He 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 lawless
Said he was strange and he was all alone
No place to go
It went up in smoke
Do do do doooo doooo, doo doo

He flew right past the border
He ditched the car and dyed his hair
He took out his deck of cards for a couple last rounds of solitaire
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 threw back his head and howled as 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