[verse]
It was fifty eight years ago, in mcnairy county Tennessee,
There lived a famous sheriff, who caused a lot of controversy,
He told the whole world that his wife was murdered at gunpoint,
A murder investigation that was hard to pinpoint,
The perpetrators, and the legislators let his story slide,
Ole Buford even fooled the T.B.I.
Shot his chin off with his thin alibi,
They even gave him movie rights to his big white lie,
Walking tall, he was carrying too much inside.
Props to the man who helped crashed his corvette,
Took out the man who played Russian roulette,
With his beautiful wife named Pauline,
All the crooked cops showed support at the crime scene.
More movies were made and the money poured in,
Even a made a museum and the fans poured in,
Tennessee corruption at its finest back then,
Many years later, a tip came in from a guy locked up in the pen,
With no suspect alive Pauline’s body was exhumed,
Kept the town on edge waiting for news to come soon.
[chorus]
Yeah Buford a moonshine stealer,
A hometown pillar,
A Walking tall thriller,
He was Pauline’s killer,
Big gorilla with big secrets to hide
Just as crooked as the T.B.I.
Betrayed as a hero, with zero cred
Got away with murder long after he’s dead,
He was walking tall, but did he walk at all,
He shot Pauline and others but no one bothered at all,
The rise and fall, of the walking tall,
Re write the movie, include the mafia and all.
[break]
[verse]
I remember when Dewayne the rock, made a selmer stop,
Tried to bring it back but his movie flopped,
Maybe walking tall four should come out and tell much more about,
The crooked cops and D.A.’s involvement,
A true problem and the state should stop it,
But it was too much money like it was back then,
Buford had a temper and his patience run thin,
So he killed the only witness who knew what he did,
Rest in peace to Pauline and the other victims,
Maybe Hathcock should have put that slug in him,
Only justice we can hope for, is that he’s burning in hell,
And the truth will come out with more stories to tell.
[chorus]
Yeah Buford a moonshine stealer,
A hometown pillar,
A Walking tall thriller,
He was Pauline’s killer,
Big gorilla with big secrets to hide
Just as crooked as the T.B.I.
Betrayed as a hero, with zero cred
Got away with murder long after he’s dead,
He was walking tall, but did he walk at all,
Pauline and others but no one bothered at all,
The rise and fall, of the walking tall,
Re write the movie, include the mafia and all.
Kevin_Carnett_753
