Verse 1 Theres a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County The jackrabbits and the coyotes run The Red Desert rolls on forever Blood red in the settin sun The marijuana and the cocaine highway Federales couldnt keep it clean State troopers start off the right way But big moneys just a lawmans dream Chorus And theres a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County One lone deputy upheld the law He was a blackbelt in Quan Do Karate And a master of the old quick draw He gave em hell Ed Cantrell Verse 2 Was a long drive down to the Silver Dollar Bar He said take it slow Sargeant Callas you drive He saw a crooked smile in the rear view mirror Or he might have made it home alive But as Rosa reached down for his ankle gun Cantrell saw the flash through the thunder head sky He was spitten lead before the crash of thunder A thirtyeight special right between the eyes Chorus And theres a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County One lone deputy upheld the law He was a blackbelt in Quan Do Karate And a master of the old quick draw He gave em hell Ed Cantrell Verse 3 The jury found Ed Cantrell not guilty Though some say he shouldve died in jail He went back to Sweetwater County Ready to take on the whole cartel The cattle rustlers and the lowdive dealers Sweat bullets when they heard his name The money and drugs quit runnin He was one for the lawman halloffame Chorus And theres a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County One lone deputy upheld the law He was a blackbelt in Quan Do Karate And a master of the old quick draw He gave em hell Ed Cantrell Verse 4 So to all of you criminals and twobit outlaws You drug runners and murderin thieves You might go scottfree in this life But you better watch out when you leave Cause if youre headed where the brimstone burns and boils At the hot, black, gapin jaws of hell Theres a fivestar standin with a thirtyeight pistol Its goldbadge deputy Ed Cantrell Chorus And theres a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County One lone deputy upheld the law He was a blackbelt in Quan Do Karate And a master of the old quick draw He gave em hell Ed Cantrell
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