I Shot The Sheriff - Deodato

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy oh no Oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy ooh ooh oo ooh
Yeah All around in my home town
They're tryin' 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
Oh now now Oh
I shot the sheriff
The sheriff
But I swear it was in self defense
Oh no
Oh oh oh
Yeah
And they say it is a capital offense
Yeah
Oh oh oh
Yeah
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill them before they grow
And so
Read it in the news：
I shot the sheriff
Oh Lord
But I swear it was in self defense
Where was the deputy
Oh
I say I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defense
Oh
Yeah
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town yeah
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot I shot I shot him down and I say：
If I am guilty I will pay
I shot the sheriff
But I say
But I didn't shoot no deputy
I shot the sheriff
I did
But I didn't shoot no deputy Oh
Oh
Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket a go a well
One day the bottom a go drop out
One day the bottom a go drop out
I say
I I I I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shot the deputy No
I I
Shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy