Coral Sheriff John Brown Lyrics

Sheriff John Brown Lyrics

Sheriff John Brown just wandered into town
Looking for a cripple and a
thief
A black man and a woman and a lonesome guy like me
Just trying to
raise the stakes so we can be free
The dustballs were blowing the sun it
cracked the ground
Where could a crime like this ever be found
Good
people of the town said to sheriff John Brown
Go and shoot those invalids
right down 
I said Sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you
now

What exactly have they done said sheriff John Brown
For me to
shoot those poor old bastards down
Then outstepped the preacher with his
hand upon his heart
Can't you see that I've been chosen by god
And I tell
you this for nothing
That crowd ain't no good
They're standing out just
like a sore thumb
But yes I do agree said the lawyer on the left
I'd kill
them now if it were up to me

But I said sheriff don't be cruel it could
happen to you now

Out into the wilderness the sheriff he did
ride
Heading for the river bridge the laws you must abide
Two hours
became three, I knew he would come for me
The day grew long and I began to
tire
John Brown's face appeared from behind the fire
Boys and girls
whatcho doing gonna be so free
The people of the town talk
dissapprovingly
Don't want to take you in, thats not up to me

I said
sheriff don't be cruel it could happen to you now

But guilt and doubt
they cloud his mind
He thought what exactly is the law
He didn't even
know what it stood for
And who pays the cost for all that is lost
Seems
to me an impossibility
And who says whats right and who says whats
wrong
Who benefits it sure ain't me
And outstepped the woman saying we
mean you no harm
Come closer and I will read your palm

But I said
sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now

That night he
left a long road came back without a rest
Knowingly he questionned ???
lawyer on the left
Bet you've gone and set them sinners free
Well yes
replied the sheriff they done nothing wrong
My god why can't you people
see
And the preacher shot him down and his head it hit the ground
The
last you'll ever see of poor John Brown

And the moral of this tale it is
simple it is plain
People always need someone to blame

But I said
sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now
But I said sheriff
no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now