• 5 months ago
Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights Orchestral
With National Philharmonic Orchestra
At Royal Albert Hall, London, England
March 7, 1991
Transcript
01:30All around in my hometown, they're trying to track me down
01:41And they say they want to bring me in guilty
01:47For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy
01:57And I say
02:05I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
02:14I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
02:25Sheriff John Brown always hated me, what I don't know
02:35And every time that I planned a scene, he said kill it before it grows
02:43He said kill it before it grows, and I say no
02:54I sought to surrender, but I swear it was a self defense
03:04I sought to surrender, they said you did the capital offense
03:14The real came my way one day, like starting out of town
03:24All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down
03:32So I, thought I had to shoot him down, like a real deputy
03:45I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
03:53I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
04:03He thought he got the best of me, what for me was he
04:14Every day the bucket goes to the well, one day the bucket must stop now
04:22And I said one day, one day, I'm gonna cross that river, I said
04:33I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
04:43I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
05:02I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
05:32I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
05:42I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
05:52I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:02I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:12I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:22I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:32I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:42I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
06:52I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
07:02I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
07:12I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
07:22I sought to surrender, but I did not see no deputy
07:52Thanks for watching!

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