I Shot The Sherif

I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot no deputy Oh no ohh I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot no deputy OOO ooo Oooo YEAH All around in my home town they trying to track me down yeah They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killin of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I SAY oh now now oh I shot the sherif (shot the sherif) But I swear it was in self defense (oh no) Ooo ooo Ooo (yeah) I said I shot the sherif (Oh Lord) And they say it is a capital offense (Oh now, yeah) Ooo oooo OOo (yeah) Hear me Sheriff John Brown alwauys hated me For what, I don't know Everytime I plant a seed He say kill it before it grows He say kill them before they grow And so AND SO Read it in the news I shot the sherif But I swear it was in self defense (where was the deputy) I say I shot the sherif But I swear it was in self defense yea Oooo ooooo Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town yeah All of a sudden I saw Sherif 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 sherif But I didn't shoot no deputy oh no oh I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot no deputy OOoo ooo Oooo Refelxes are the better of me And what is the meaning of speed Everyday, the bicket 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 sherif Lord I didn't shot the deputy Yeah I, I, I shot the sherif but I didn't shoot no deputy