George Hamilton Iv Candy Apple Red Lyrics

Candy Apple Red Lyrics

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



Now the sheriff bowed his head his daughter laied there dead



There in the arms of candy apple red