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



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”



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




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