written by Houston Turner

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He came speeding through the town each day at sundown
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And his car was painted candy apple red
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He was coming there to see the sheriff's daughter
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And the sheriff didn't know it so they said

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Time and time again the sheriff tried to catch him
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But he always speeded up and got away
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That old county jail stood patiently a waiting
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And the sheriff vowed he'd put him there some day

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Well there goes candy apple red that's what the people said
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If he doesn't slow it down a bit he's gonna end up dead
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And the sheriff's daughter said she'd rather end up dead
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Than to live without her candy apple red

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So the sheriff built a barricade to catch him
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And he sat there at the limits of the town
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But the sheriff's daughter had already met him
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And had married him before the sun went down

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When the sheriff saw him coming down the highway
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He saw they couldn't stop and quickly caught his breath
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As they crashed the barricade the car exploded
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And the boy and girl went to a flaming death

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