Verse Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county Kicked a man out and turned around and he Drove slowly back into town Just don't hurt nobody, or you'll be going down Earn respect quick with a gun in your pocket Everybody shut up and you'd better watch it If you're out doing things everyone knows ain't right Find yourself in the highway in the middle of the night Find yourself down 152 East out of town You can scream and no one hears a sound Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears Verse Lived in the courthouse, kept an eye on things Better stay quiet and you'd better not sing Unless you can keep a tune in your head Just don't do nothing stupid or you might end up dead Leather gloves in the back of his pants Don’t backtalk or you're gonna dance Around an 8-by-12 steel and cement cell And if you hurt a woman, you'll find yourself in Hell Hell's down 152 East out of town You can scream and no one hears a sound Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears Verse He'll see to it that your trip is short Mind your manners and you ain't got to worry It's a well-known secret the sheriff runs a tight town Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down Spoken part Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county Kicked a man out and he turned around and he Watched his mirror as he drove into town Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down Find yourself down 152 East out of town You can scream and no one hears a sound Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears