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