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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sheriff
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John Brown just wandered into town
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Looking for a cripple and a thief
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A black man and a woman and
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a lonesome guy like me
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Just trying to raise the stakes
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so we can be free
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The dustballs were blowing the sun
it cracked the ground
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Where could a crime like
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this ever be found
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Good people of the town said
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to sheriff John Brown
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Go and shoot those invalids right down
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I said Sheriff
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No don't you be cruel
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It could happen to you now
Verse 3
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What ex actly have they done
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said sheriff John Brown
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For me to shoot those poor
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old bastards down
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Then outstepped the preacher
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with his hand upon his heart
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Can 't you see that I've
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been chosen by god
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And I tell you this for nothing
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That crowd ain't no good
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They're standing out
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just like a sore thumb
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But yes I do agree said
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the lawyer on the left
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I'd kill them now if it were up to me
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But I said sheriff
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Don't be cruel
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It could happen to you now
Verse 5
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Out into the wilderness the
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sheriff he did ride
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Heading for the river bridge
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the laws you must abide
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Two hours became three,
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I knew he would come for me
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The day grew long and I began to tire
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John Brown's face appeared
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from behind the fire
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Boys and girls whatcho doing
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gonna be so free
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The people of the town talk
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dissapprovingly
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Don't want to take you in,
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that's not up to me
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But I said sheriff
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Don't be cruel
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It could happen to you now
Verse 7
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But guilt and doubt they cloud his mind
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He thought what exactly is the law
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He didn't even know what it stood for
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And who pays the cost for
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all that is lost
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Seems to me an impossibility
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And who says what's right and
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who says what's wrong
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Who benefits it sure ain't me
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And outstepped the woman saying
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we mean you no harm
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Come closer and I will read your palm
Verse 8
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But I said sheriff
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Don't be cruel
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It could happen to you now
Verse 9
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That night he left a long road came
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back without a rest
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Knowingly he ques
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tionned ??? lawyer on the left
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Bet you've gone and set
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them sinners free
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Well yes replied the sheriff
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they done nothing wrong
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My god why can't you people see
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And the preacher shot him down and
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his head it hit the ground
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The last you'll ever see
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of poor John Brown
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An d the moral
Verse 10
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of this tale
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it is simple it is plain
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People always need someone to blame
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But I said sheriff
Verse 11
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Don't be cruel
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It could happen to you now
Interlude 1
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But I said sheriff
Verse 12
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Don't be cruel
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It could happen to you now
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