38 Special - Sheriff's County Line lyrics

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 pa**ions 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 pa**ion'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 k**ed 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 And my temper must've got out of hand And just before they threw the switch on Old Sparky He said 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 Line