Candy Apple Red-Bill Anderson

[ti:Candy Apple Red] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Abilene] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.75]Candy Apple Red - Bill Anderson [00:03.37] [00:07.63]He came speeding through the town [00:10.77]Each day at sundown [00:12.97] [00:13.96]And his car was painted candy apple red [00:19.75] [00:20.61]He was coming there to see the sheriff's daughter [00:26.17] [00:26.99]And the sheriff didn't know it so they said [00:33.68]Time and time again the sheriff tried to catch him [00:39.38] [00:40.09]But he always speeded up and got away [00:46.16] [00:46.82]That old County jail stood patiently awaiting [00:52.81] [00:53.36]And the sheriff vowed he'd put him there some day [00:59.76]Well there goes candy apple red [01:03.12] [01:03.76]That's what the people said [01:07.15]If he doesn't slow it down a bit [01:10.63]He's gonna end up dead [01:13.85]And the sheriff's daughter said [01:17.10]She'd rather end up dead [01:20.48]Than to live without her candy apple red [01:25.69] [01:33.27]So the sheriff built a barricade to catch him [01:38.87] [01:39.58]And he sat there at the limits of the town [01:45.31] [01:46.27]But the sheriff's daughter had already met him [01:52.06] [01:52.63]And had married him before the sun went down [01:58.72] [01:59.32]When the sheriff saw him comin' down the highway [02:05.79]He saw they couldn't stop and quickly caught his breath [02:12.44]As they crashed the barricade the car exploded [02:18.29] [02:19.06]And the boy and girl went to a flaming death [02:25.50]Well there goes candy apple red [02:29.43]That's what the people said [02:32.35] [02:32.99]He didn't slow it down it all [02:36.32]And now he lies there dead [02:39.36]All the sheriff's bowed his head [02:42.65]His daughter lay there dead [02:46.02]Cradled in the arms of candy apple red