Lyrics I Shot The Sheriff (The Lost Album Sessions) - Andrés Calamaro

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, woah oh

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the killing of a deputy

But I say
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff
And they say it is a capital offense

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said "Kill it before it grows"
He said "Kill it before it grows"

I shot
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense
Where was the deputy?
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense, oh

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
Yeah, aiming to shoot him down
So I shot
I shot him down and I said

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no

Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be, must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
But one day the bottom will drop out
One day the bottom will drop out