The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty - The Dandy Warhols

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 it’s 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 I shot Sheriff Shorty down

'Cause I’m mean, see

Jacked up on methamphetamines

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