He was due at 730 but he never made it home She stayed up all night long staring at that telephone The sun was already rising when she finally gets the call His rig went off the edge at Devils Run He was comin round the mountain haulin 20 tons of grain He might of lost his brakes some say it might have been the rain Trailed off that hip and down 400 feet of hell Another soul is lost at Devils Run Devils Run, Devils Run Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31 Devils Run, Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run 11 miles of highway down a suicidal grade Lost count of the orphans and widows that its made Goin round this mountains gonna waste an extra day Just wonderin through these hills of Devils Run At the bottom of that hip lies a twisted pile of steel Solid rusted coffins used to roll on 18 wheels Aint no way to raise em so they stay just as they lay In memory of them men from Devils Run Devils Run, Devils Run Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31 Devils Run, Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run If you dont respect the mountain youre nothin but a fool And the day that youll meet Satan youll be bleeding diesel fuel Your childrenll ask your widow, Mama, where has Daddy gone? Say, He never made it back from Devils Run Devils Run, Devils Run Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31 Devils Run, Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run Devils Run, Devils Run Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31 Devils Run, Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run Say a prayer before you head down Devils Run
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