Candy Apple Red - Stan Hitchcock

Stan Hitchcock - Candy Apple Red
He came speeding through
the town each day at sundown
And his car was painted
candy apple red
He was coming there to
see the sheriff's daughter
And the sheriff didn't know
it so they said
Time and time again
the sheriff tried to catch him
But he always speeded up
and got away
The old county jail stood
patiently awaiting
And the sheriff vowed
he'd put him there some day
Well there goes candy apple red
that's what the people said
If he doesn't slow it down a bit
he's gonna end up dead
And the sheriff's daughter said
she'd rather end up dead
Than to live without her
candy apple red
So the sheriff built
a barricade to catch him
And he sat there at
the limits of the town
But the sheriff's daughter
had already met him
And had married him
before the sun went down
When the sheriff saw the
coming down the highway
He saw they couldn't stop
and so he held his breath
As they crashed the
barricade the car exploded
And the boy and girl
went to a flaming death
Well there goes candy apple red
that's what the people said
He didn't slow it down at all
and he lies there dead
wow the sheriff bowed his head
his daughter laied there dead
There in the arms of
candy apple red