THE DANDY WARHOLS LYRICS - The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty

"The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty"



I was a shift shake shoe shake child around

I used to live down town down in trucker town

I was the baddest, baddest, baddest around

but it was fifteen years since I heard a sound

They said look it, look it, come on down

'Cause when the law start shaking, a shaking 'em down

they're called the last of the outlaw truckers around



'Cause I'm me, see

Jacked up on java and nicotine

whoa-oh please believe me

I know what I mean



By the time we get to Texas he was lying 'em down

with the bag 'o bodies all covered the ground

I said now look it, look it, look what I found



Short, come out and you know

I left the armload of M16's back home

I served 68 missions in da nang alone

Now I'm a one more mission, that's you and that's right



'Cause I'm me, see

Jacked up on Meth and Dexedrine

Whoa-oh, please believe me

I know what I mean

and I'm clean

oh, I'm getting right pious now

but if you'd seen what I've seen

oh you know what I mean



and i said look around, looking out and below

you know its hard to chase shorty up in new mexico



and then i gotta get him down to new orleans

i'll go to eight states, in eight states straight

Shorty you hesitates on an Ace of Hate



we even got you started down in baton rouge

well Shorty started shakin' while makin' his stand

so stacks went off to get the gun from his hands

He said Shorty got a minute? You're getting the job

but then he pulled another pistol and said with a smile

"Son you'd better be fast... I'll put you on the ground"

And that's about the time that sheriff shot shorty down



'Cause I'm mean, see

jacked up on meth-amphetamines

and oh-oh, please believe me

i know what i mean

and i'm clean

and oh, getting all pious now

if you've seen what i've seen

oh you know what i mean