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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy, but I say
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, Kill
it
before
it
grows
He said, Kill
it
before
it
grows, I say
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot him down, I say
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
But one day the bottom will drop out
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out, but I say
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
- Album:
- Haile I Hymn
- Haile I Hymn (chapter one)
- Lilly of My Valley
- Are We a Warrior
- Tell It to the Children
- Over Europe Live
- Reggae Refreshers
- Entitlement
- Inside Out
- Sings Bob Marley
- Putumayo Presents: The Best of World Music - Reggae
- Time Warp Dub Clash - Old School vs. New School
- Culture Country
- Lion Dub Beauty
- I Am a Levi
- Kingfari
- I Do
- Gemini Man
- Live Reggae on the River USA
- Beauty and the Lion