Sheriff's County Line Lyrics - 38 Special

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 

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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" 

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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