TRACK TALK #566 Friend of the Devil

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
ALBUM : Stolen Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead (2000)
Recorded : 1999
Released : 08 Août 2000

Une chanson du Grateful Dead datant de 1970 que Bob Dylan affectionne suffisamment pour la reprendre souvent sur la scène du NET et sur une compilation hommage sortie en 2000.

Première performance live : Merrillville (27 Août 1990)
Dernière performance live : Oakland (12 Juin 2022)
Total : 97 fois.



Lyrics
I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Ran into the Devil, babe
He loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah
In a cave up in the hills
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
I ran down to the levee
But the Devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill
And he vanished in the air
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe
And one in Cherokee
First one says she's got my child
But it don't look like me
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe
And one in Cherokee
First one says she's got my child
But it don't look like me
I set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight

La version originale du Grateful Dead (1970) :



Celle de Dylan sur scène en 1999 :



Et celle de Tom Petty :

Toujours un grand moment d'entendre Dylan chanter cette chanson. Dommage que ses performances scéniques se soient arrêtées en 2007 car c'est une sacré belle cover du Dead !

Oui, elle fait aussi parti de mes favorites et a été ma porte d'entrée au Dead et à American Beauty !