i kept on like a fool stay in trouble all the time got put behind bars yeah spent two years on the county line life ain t no good at all behind these county walls broke down thirty days ago whoa oh wonderin where it s gone and how can i slow down when i can t stop runnin my own shadow scares me to death got caught down in with one of those sheriffs they caught me in the bed with the county sheriff s wife and how can i slow down when i can t stop runnin my own shadow whoa scares me to death got caught down in with one of those sheriffs they caught me in the bed with the county sheriff s wife and how can i slow down when i can t stop runnin my own shadow whoa oh scares me to death