In a place called Sheriff's County There's a story goin' round And it echoes through the swamps of FLA About the sheriff and his daughter That he guarded with his life With a shotgun just to keep those wolves at bay
But she was a fire beyond control No chains could hold her captive soul
Now the legend grows as days unwind About passions strong and justice blind To the reckless deeds that hide behind The Sheriff's County Line
Now the sheriff had a deputy that he treated like a son But he warned Calhoun not to see Estelle 'Cause he knew that she was trouble Had her mama's wild side And if he slipped he'd make his life a living hell
But flesh is weak and passion's strong There in the backwoods around dawn They say it was a murder in the first degree When the sheriff caught them in the heat Just one shot killed the deputy On the Sheriff's County Line
One step closer to midnight Sittin' there just waitin' to die The young preacher asks if he's ready To make his peace and speak his mind He said "Blood is thicker than water"? And my temper must've got out of hand And just before they threw the switch on Old Sparky He said "I'd do it all over, Do it all over again"?
Now Estelle is softly crying at the foot of her daddy's grave As the preacher reads the bible verse out loud You could see her eyes a wanderin' As he turns another page And she pulls him ever gently from the crowd
She tells him, Oh she feels so all alone And begs him to walk her safely home
And the madness starts all over again Calhoun's curse is the preacher's end Cause the forbidden fruit is the sweetest sin On the Sheriff's County LineTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.