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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
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All around in my own town |
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They're trying to track me down |
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They say they want to bring me in guilty |
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For the killing of a deputy, |
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For the life of a deputy |
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I say: |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I swear it was in self-defense |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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And they say it is a capital offense |
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me, |
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For what I don't know |
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Every time that I plant a seed |
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He said: \"Kill it before it grows\" |
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He said: \"Kill them before they grow\" |
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I say: |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I swear it was in self-defense |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I swear it was in self-defense |
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Freedom came my way one day |
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And I started out of town |
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All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown |
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Aiming to shoot me down |
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So I shot, I shot him down |
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I say: |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
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Reflexes are the better of me |
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And what is to be must be |
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Every day the bucket goes to the well, |
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But one day the bottom will drop out, |
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Yes, one day the bottom will drop out |
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I say: |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
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I shot the sheriff, |
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But I did not shoot the deputy |
