I Shot The Sheriff - Jukebox Junctions

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命

All around in my home town

消息传遍我的家乡

They're trying to track me down

他们全线缉拿我

They say they want to bring me in guilty

他们想要给我定罪

For the killing of a deputy

罪名是枪杀副警长

For the life of a deputy

是要我偿副警长的命

But I say

听我说

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence

I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence

我杀害了警长他们要定我死罪

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

John Brown警长一直讨厌我

For what I don't know

我也不知哪里得罪了他

Every time that I plant a seed

每当我有点儿希望

He said 'Kill it before it grows'

他就把它扼杀在摇篮里

He said 'Kill it before it grows'

他就把它扼杀在摇篮里

But I say

听我说

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence

Freedom came my way one day

某天我难得自由自在

And I started out of town

就在那天我离开了小镇

All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown

突然看见John Brown警长

Aiming to shoot me down

正准备向我开枪

So I shot I shot him down

所以我才向他开枪的

But I say

听我说

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命

Reflexes got the better of me

一定是 我的条件反射

And what is to be must be

比事情发生的还快

Every day the bucket goes to the well

经常去井边打水

But one day the bottom will drop out

水桶也会漏的

Yes one day the bottom will drop out

这次可能要算我倒霉

But I say

听我说

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命

Oh no

我开枪射死了警长 但我饶了副警长一命