Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten too big for his britches
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With his book reviews and movie deals
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Down at the car lot making public appearances
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For breaking up our homes and stills
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I know he likes to brag how he wrestled a bear
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But I knew him from the funeral home
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Ask him for a warrant, he'll say "I keep it in my shoe"
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That son of a bitch has got to go
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That son of a bitch has got to go
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Now they lined up around the block to see that movie
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And crying for his ambushed wife
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Marveling about about shot eight times and stabbed seven
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Some folks can't take a hint
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They say he didn't take no crap from the State Line Gang
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What the hell they talking bout?
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I'm just a hard workingman with a family to feed
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And he made my daughter cry
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Said he made my daughter cry
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"Watch out for Buford!" is what they keep on telling me
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But to me he's just another crooked lawman up in Tennessee
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He gets a new hot car to keep us on our toes
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And that ridiculous stick where the press corp. goes
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And some big time Hollywood actors playing him on the big screen
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"Watch out for Buford! He's shutting down our stills and whores"
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But it ain't like he's all that different from what was there before
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It wouldn't take my man long to do the job
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Just a partially sawed through steering rod
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And I wouldn't have to worry about the good Sheriff anymore
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Now the funeral's got'em lined up for twenty blocks
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No one liked that SOB when he's alive
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But the ruckus he began keeps a spreadin' like a wildfire
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Not sure if I'm gonna survive
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Hit an embankment doing 120 on a straight-away
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The Lord works in mysterious ways
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They'll probably make another movie, glorifying what he done
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But I'll never have to hear them say
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I'll never have to hear them say
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Watch out for Buford
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The Buford Stick
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