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I shot the sheriff, |
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but I | did no | t 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 aro | und in my old | town |
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they're | trying t | o track | me down. |
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They say | they want to | bring | I in guilty |
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for the | life of | a dep | uty, |
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f | or the l | ife | of a deputy. |
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But | I say: |
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I shot | the sheriff, |
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but I | swea | r it was in selfdefence. |
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I shot | the sheriff, |
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but I | swea | r it was in selfdefence. |
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Sheriff Jo | hn Brown alway | s hated I |
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for | what I d | on't kno | w. |
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Every | time tha | t I pla | nt a seed |
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he said | "Kill it | before It | grows," |
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h | e said "Kil | l them bef | ore they grow." |
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And | so | , a | nd | so , beat in the news: |
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I shot | the sheriff, |
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but I | did no | t shoot the deputy. |
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It was | I who sh | ot the sheriff, |
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but I | did no | t shoot the deputy. |
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Freedom came my way | one day |
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and I s | tarted ou | t of town | . |
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All of a sudden I sa | w sheriff Joh | n Brown, |
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aiming to sh | oot me dow | n. |
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So I | shot, I sh | ot , I shot him do | wn. |
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And | I say: |
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If I am | gulty I will | pay |
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I shot | the sheriff, |
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but I | swear | it was in selfdefence. |
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It was | I who sh | ot the sheriff, |
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And th | ey say it | is a capital offense. |
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Re | flexes are the be | tter of me |
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and | what is to be | must be. |
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Every d | ay the buck | et goes to the w | ell, |
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one | day the botto | m will drop out | , |
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one | day the botto | m will drop ou | t. |
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But | I say: |