CANDY APPLE RED
(Houston Turner)

Houston Turner - 1963
Bill Anderson - 1963
George Hamilton IV - 1963

Also recorded by: Stan Hitchcock


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 
That old county jail stood patiently a-waitin' 
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 she married him before the sun went down 

When the Sheriff saw them comin' down the highway 
He saw they couldn't stop and quickly caught 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 
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 







(Contributed by Mel - May 2004)