I shot the sheriff - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I shot the sheriff

But I did not kill the deputy

No no no no

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I’m telling you so

All around in my home town,

They are trying 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

I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in selfdefence.

I gotta protect myself, you know?

I shot the sheriff

But they say it was a capital offence

Sheriff John Brown always hated me,

For what, I don’t know

Every time that I planted a seed,

He said kill it before it grows

He said kill it before they grows

But I say

I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in selfdefence.

And im not lying either

I shot the sheriff

I repeat, I gotta tell you again it was in selfdefence.

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town!

All of a sudden I see the sheriff John Brown

With his pistol planning to shoot me down

So I shot him — I mean I shot him down

but I say

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But i did not shoot the deputy

Reflexition got the better of me

And what used to be must be:

Every day the bucket a goes to a well,

One day the bottom will drop out,

I repeat

One day the bottom will drop out.

But I say

Look out for the archie

(I shot the sheriff)

Look out for the FBI

(I shot the sheriff)

Look out whats going on in the yard

And he comes jonhson ktp

Jonhdon got a baseball bat

With all his problems too

Dont like my brutal

And y’all made friends with China

Watch iut for the northwest monopolis

Shoot him

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yooooo

Give me my double barrel shot gun

Let me blow his brain out of his head

Let me step on his grave with big al fat toe

I shot the sheriff

I lose my breath

I got no run

All his got guns

I cant go fast

They want to kick my knee

Oh i shot the sheriff

What can i see

I shot the sherrif it’s the end of me

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh