i shot the sheriff

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."