歌词
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
我对警长开了枪而不是副警长
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
我对警长开了枪而不是副警长
All around in my home town
在我的家乡四处乱逛
they're trying to track me down.
他们想把我逮捕
他们说因为我有罪而把我带走
They say they want to bring me in guilty
因为我杀了副警长
for the killing of a deputy,
为了副警长的生命
for the life of a deputy.
但是我说
But I say
我杀了警长，但我发誓我是为了自卫
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
我杀了警长，但他们说我是犯罪
I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
John Brown警长一直讨厌我
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
但我不知道
for what I don't know.
每一次我播种
Every time that I plant a seed
他说“在它长大之前弄死它”
he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
他说“在它们长大之前弄死它们”
He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
就这样，就这样
But I say
我杀了警长，但我发誓我是为了自卫
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
我杀了警长，但他们说我是犯罪
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
有一天我在街上闲逛
Freedom came my way one day
我正准备出城
and I started out of town.
突然我看到了John Brown警长
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
瞄准我把我击倒
aiming to shoot me down
所以我开枪，我开枪把他击倒
so I shot, I shot him down.
然后我说如果我有罪我会偿还
But I say
我对警长开了枪而不是副警长
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
我对警长开了枪而不是副警长
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
对我最好的结果
Reflexes got the better of me
如果必须这样来承担
and what is to be, must be.
桶里如果每天盛满东西
Every day the bucket goes to well
总有一天会撑破桶底
but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
有一天桶底会漏水
yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
我说
But I say
我对警长开了枪而不是副警长
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
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