All around in my hometown

They're trying to track me down

They say they want to bring me in guilty

For the killing of the deputy

For the life of a deputy

But I said

And they say it is a capital offense

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what? I don't know

And every time that I plant a seed

I said

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town

All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown

Aiming to shoot me down

So I shot, I shot him down

And I said

Reflexes got the better of me

And what is to be must be

Every day the bucket falls to the well

But one day the bottom will drop out

Yes, one day the bottom will drop out

I said

Oh no

But I did not shoot no deputy

Oh no