Early one morning
There's a knock upon my door
Cold rain and harsh winds
Chill my very soul
Hellhound on my train
I don't know which way to go
Hellhound on my trail
I'll travel 'til I set my peace
The Devil's got me by the throat
Never planning to release
Sixty days and sixty nights
I sleep with open eyes
Coffee and whiskey
And a loaded forty-five
Hellhound on my train
I don't know which way to go
Hellhound on my trail
I'll travel 'til I set my peace
The Devil's got me by the throat
Never planning to release
Runnin and runnin
Is all my life will be
No love of a woman
Never to be free
Hellhound on my train
I don't know which way to go
Hellhound on my trail
I'll travel 'til I set my peace
The Devil's got me by the throat
Never planning to release