Devil's Run Lyrics

He was due at 7:30 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 Devil's 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 Devil's Run



Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31

Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run



11 miles of highway down a suicidal grade

Lost count of the orphans and widows that it's made

Goin' round this mountain's gonna waste an extra day

Just wonderin' through these hills of Devil's Run



At the bottom of that hip lies a twisted pile of steel

Solid rusted coffins used to roll on 18 wheels

Ain't no way to raise 'em so they stay just as they lay

In memory of them men from Devil's Run



Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31

Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run

If you don't respect the mountain you're nothin' but a fool

And the day that you'll meet Satan you'll be bleeding diesel fuel

Your children'll ask your widow, "Mama, where has Daddy gone?"

Say, "He never made it back from Devil's Run"



Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31

Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run



Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Skid marks tell the story of our Highway 31

Devil's Run, Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run

Say a prayer before you head down Devil's Run