All around in my home town

Said they're trying to drag me down

They say they want to bring i him guilty

For the life of a deputy

For the life of a deputy

Now what i say

He was i shot the sheriff

But i swear it was in self defense

It was a you shot the sheriff

And i swear it was in self defense

Sheriff john brown always says i

For what i don't know now

If for a time i blame

A seed

He said kill them before they grow

He said kill them before they grow

Now and so i and so

If i bye bye i shot the sheriff

Lord i didn't shoot my deputy

It was a you shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot no deputy

Freedom came my way one day

And i started out of town

I tell you then

All of a sudden i saw sheriff john brown

He was aiming to shoot i down

So i oh yes i

I shot him down

And i said

I shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot our deputy

It was i shot the sheriff

But i

I didn't shoot no deputy

Oh no no reflections of the better of me yeah

What is to be must be yeah

Every day the bucket goes to the well

Yeah i tell you what

One day the bottom will drop out and i mean

One day the bottom will drop out

And so yeah

And so