Tom: Am
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Hear my story and listen well
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Truth is in all that I tell
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It could never have been me
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I did not shoot no deputy
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Mr. Grant, the deputy
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Friend to my whole family
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He always tell me when John Brown
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Was getting ready to come around
[Chorus]
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Dont blame me
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Dont blame me
[Verse 2]
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I hide it all except a few seeds
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And make him think I plant for me
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When Mr. Grant and I know all the while
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We have got enough for the whole island
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Three years now we sell it in town
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Under the bucket that goes down
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No one knew of it but three
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Mr. Grant, Davis and me
[Chorus]
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Dont blame me
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Dont blame me
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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I swear by God, it is a plot
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Davis sent me here to rot
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Listen people, can't you see
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Mr. Davis shot the deputy
[Chorus]
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Dont blame me
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Dont blame me
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Dont blame me
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Dont blame me
