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