I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy no no no All around my home town Said they're tryin' to track me down They say they wanna bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy Said for the life of a deputy But I say oh Lord I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in selfdefence oh Lord I shot the sheriff oh Lord They're saying it is a capital offence Sheriff John Brown always hated me And for what I dont know nah Every time I plant a seed yeah He said kill it before it grows He said kill them before they grow oh Lord I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in selfdefence It was I who shot the sheriff But I swear it was in selfdefence You wouldn't understand understand understand I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in selfdefence oh Lord It was I who shot the sheriff But I swear it was in selfdefence yeah Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town yes I did And all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot I shot I shot him down yes I did Lord And if I am guilty I will pay I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy I shot the sheriff But I swear it was a self defence thing ooh Lord I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot no I swear I didn't Lord I shot the sheriff You don't understand you don't understand a word I'm saying hey oh Lord I shot the sheriff I've the liberty to tell me that is a capital offence oh Lord I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot no deputy no no no no I shot the sheriff I shot the sheriff I shot the sheriff

I will wait, I will wait, by the fire We can run, we can run through the woods but they'll find us We can hide, we can hide, we can hide like I've done my whole life We can watch as they burn all the books in the fire We can dance to the stars in the sky in the darkness of nights Ooo I'll be here to say, Oooo I'll be here to say Ooooo when I am sailing, when I am sailing I am gonna get you back on time I am gonna get you back on time I can still hear the sound of that broken piano, i can still feel the chill from the cold on the back of my spine I can pray to a god, I can hope that he'll save us I have seen too much pain, too much hurt, too much death in this life Oooo I'll be here to say, ooo I'll be here to say Oooo when I am sailing, when I am sailing I am gonna get you back on time I am gonna get you back on time

The window looked out to the lake The walls smelled of a 100 years of hard days The windsurfer stayed in my mind Watching them surf as the hours passed by Who would have thought I'd be hoping to get back now Who would have thought I'd be hoping to get back now We walked in the night past the pines The graveyard told stories of everyone's lives We walked in the night past the pines And every day I still go back to that time The library smelled of old books A closet was filled with the things that we took The roads were all covered in stone We wear our bare feet when we made our way home And who would have thought I'd be hoping to get back now Who would have thought I'd be hoping to get back now We walked in the night past the pines The graveyard told stories of everyone's lives We walked in the night past the pines And every day I still go back to that time My brother looked out to the city and he smiled My brother looked out to the city and he smiled We walked in the night past the pines The graveyard told stories of everyone's lives We walked in the night past the pines And every day I still go back to that time And every day I still go back to that time