[Verse 1] Nineteen, a quarter past three The sheriff in a white car, tearin' up the blacktop Red lights, half a mile back There was fire comin' out of that truck [Pre-Chorus] I said, "Thank God for the second amendment" I saw him pull up, then I saw him take it out He walked in with a 12-gauge sawed off I heard him sayin', "I need your help now" [Chorus] He said, "My baby, she shot me down" She had a bullet with my name, she had it all planned out I didn't see it comin' till I heard that sound And I was lyin' in the corner bleedin' out And now my heart, it ricochets Up, down, left, right, each and every way Can't hold it steady, so you better not play 'Cause my baby, she shot me down I said, "My baby, she shot me down" [Verse 2] The sheriff turned to me He said, "Son, how'd you find yourself in this position?" He said, "You don't understand" He said, "My baby, she's an old musician" [Pre-Chorus] She knows how to play my heartstrings just right It don't take much for her to hit her mark She ain't afraid to use that old guitar And I'm still bleedin' from the bullet scars [Chorus] He said, "My baby, she shot me down" She had a bullet with my name, she had it all planned out I didn't see it comin' till I heard that sound And I was lyin' in the corner bleedin' out And now my heart, it ricochets Up, down, left, right, each and every way Can't hold it steady, so you better not play 'Cause my baby, she shot me down I said, "My baby, she shot me down"
