It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
All around in my hometown
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the life of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
And I say
It was I who shot the sheriff
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Sheriff John Brown
Always hated me
But I didn't shoot no deputy
For what?
I don't know
Every time
I plant a seed
He'd say
Kill them before they grow
He'd say
Kill them before they grow now
And so
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Freedom came my way
One day
So I started
Out of town
All of a sudden
I saw you out of town




Sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot
I shot
I shot him down
And I say
Pie pie pie
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff



But I didn't shoot no deputy
Reflexes got the better on me
And what is to be must be
Every day
The bucket goes to the well
One day
The bottom I could drop out
And I'll be out of town one day

One day
The bottom I could drop out
And I'd say
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Reflexes got the better on me
But I didn't shoot, I didn't shoot
No deputy
Reflexes got the better on me
But I didn't shoot, I didn't shoot

It was I who shot the sheriff
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy