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but I did not shoot the deputy. |
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All around in my home 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 killing of a deputy, |
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but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me |
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Ev'ry time that I plant a seed |
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he said "Kill it before it grow," (deux fois) |
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but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
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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 see sheriff John Brown, |
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So I shot, I shot him down. |
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but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
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Reflexes got the better of me |
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and what is to be must be. |
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Ev'ry 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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but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
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