I Shot The Sheriff

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