Candy Apple Red-George Hamilton IV

[ti:Candy Apple Red] [ar:George Hamilton IV] [al:Forth Worth, Dallas or Houston] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Candy Apple Red - George Hamilton IV [00:11.32]He came speeding through the town each day at sundown [00:18.18]And his car was painted candy apple red [00:25.14]He was coming there to see the sheriff's daughter [00:32.24]And the sheriff didn't know it so they said [00:39.11]Time and time again the sheriff tried to catch him [00:46.09]But he always speeded up and got away [00:53.15]The old county jail stood patiently awaiting [01:00.14]And the sheriff vowed he'd put him there some day [01:06.74]Well there goes candy apple red that's what the people said [01:14.47]If he doesn't slow it down a bit he's gonna end up dead [01:21.53]And the sheriff's daughter said she'd rather end up dead [01:28.48]Than to live without her candy apple red [01:38.54]So the sheriff built a barricade to catch him [01:45.09] [01:45.68]And he sat there at the limits of the town [01:52.67]But the sheriff's daughter had already met him [01:59.71]And had married him before the sun went down [02:07.00]When the sheriff saw the coming down the highway [02:13.54]He saw they couldn't stop and so he held his breath [02:20.83]As they crashed the barricade the car exploded [02:27.91]And the boy and girl went to a flaming death [02:34.60]Well there goes candy apple red that's what the people said [02:42.37]He didn't slow it down at all and he lies there dead [02:49.53]Now the sheriff bowed his head his daughter laied there dead [02:56.35]There in the arms of candy apple red