Good friend of mine Good friend of mine I 240 highway go something like 95 The devil sat beside me And I got murder on my mind I shot that man in Vegas Didn’t stick around to watch him die I couldn’t see the use it wasting more of my precious time Heaven don’t make me smile I’ve been sitting with the best of them, Since you’s a baby child And all my life The devil’s been a very good friend of mine Good friend of mine Good friend of mine People always told me I was trouble as a child Scrapes on my knees a rat’s nest in my hair and I’m running wild My momma tried to hold me She put locks on all the doors But if she’d ever known me she’d have chained me to the floor Heaven don’t make me smile I’ve been sitting with the best of them, Since you’s a baby child And all my life The devil’s been a very good friend of mine Good friend of mine Good friend of mine You can’t make never make me like to see you make me go They won’t let me never let me ever gonna let me in I know You can’t make never make me like to see you make me go They won’t let me never let me ever gonna let me in I know You can’t make never make me like to see you make me go They won’t let me never let me ever gonna let me in to Heaven don’t make me smile I’ve been sitting with the best of them, Since you’s a baby child And all my life The devil’s been a very good friend of mine Good friend of mine Good friend of mine All my life The devil’s been a good friend of mine