This song captures what Iron Horse is all about - blending metal guitars and banjo, a powerful rock voice singing a country lyric - this IS Hard Rockin' Southern Country Metal

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Well the call came in at 1 am to Sheriff Joe Lynn
There’s trouble at your sister’s house, and I’m sure it’s him again
He found her on the bedroom floor
Bleeding with a busted chin
That’ll be the last time that son of a bi*** is three sheets to the wind

Well Joe called his deputy, his younger brother Bill
Said meet be by the railroad tracks behind old Copper Hill
If God won’t kill this man, then damn I will

It’s an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
There ain’t enough excuses to chase the 90 proof
Tonight I’m not the long arm of the law, I’m next of kin
That’ll be the last time that son of a bi*** is three sheets to the wind

Well the dust blew and the gravel flew, as they sped on down the road
They knew just where to find him at Old Man Sutton’s grove
As the truck rolled to a stop and Joe jumped out
With his gun in his hand
They waded through the shadows by the creek
And they made their plan

It’s an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
There ain’t enough excuses to chase the 90 proof
Tonight I’m not the long arm of the law, I’m next of kin
That’ll be the last time that son of a bi*** is three sheets to the wind

As they stepped from the woods, they didn’t make a sound
They were standing right behind him, when the bottle hit the ground
As he cried out, Oh Joe – please don’t do me in
But the shots rang out again and againIt’s an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
There ain’t enough excuses to chase the 90 proof
Tonight I’m not the long arm of the law, I’m next of kin
That’ll be the last time that son of a bi*** is three sheets to the wind
That was the last time that son of a bi*** was three sheets to the wind