i can change the world
with my own two hands
make a better place
with my own two hands
make a kinder place
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

i can make peace on earth
with my own two hands
i can clean up the earth
with my own two hands
i can reach out to you
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

i'm gonna make it a brighter place
i'm gonna make it a safer place
i'm gonna help the human race
with my own
with my own two hands

i can hold you
with my own two hands
i can comfort you
with my own two hands
but you got to use
use your own two hands
use your own
use your own two hands

with our own
with our own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh

Yeah! All around in my home town
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy but I say
Oh, now, now, oh

I shot the sheriff
(But I swear it was in self-defence) oh no, oh, oh, ooh
Yeah, I say, I shot the sheriff oh, Lord (and they say it is a capital offence)
Yeah, yeah! Hear that

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill them before they grow, and so-and-so
Read it in the news!

oh, Lord!
But I swear it was in self-defence
Where was the deputy? (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I say, I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defence, yeah! (Ooh)

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown aiming to shoot me down
So, I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay (pay, pay, pay, pay...)

but I say but I didn't shoot no deputy
I didn't shoot no deputy, no (ooh, ooh, ooh)
(I shot the sheriff) I agree
(But I didn't shoot no deputy) oh
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)

Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket a-go a-well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out

I say
I, I, I, I shot the sheriff
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no
I, I (shot the sheriff)
But I didn't shoot no deputy yeah
So, yeah

Why boasteth thyself
Oh, he-vil man
Playing smart
And not being clever, oh, no
I said you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity, yeah, if a-so a-so
But the goodness of Jah-Jah
I-dureth for-i-ver

If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down (Well sharp)
Ready to cut you down, oh, yeah

These are the words
Of my master, keep on telling me, oh
No weak heart shall prosper, oh, no, they can't, eh, eh

Whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord
Shall fall in it, shall fall in it
Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, shall bury in it

If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down

Eh, whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, fall in it, eh
Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, shall bury in it

If you have a big tree
We have a small axe
Ready to cut you down (Well sharp)
Sharpened to cut you down, oh

If you are the big tree, let me tell you this
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (Well sharp)
Sharpened to cut you down
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe

Your love is a life for I
Realized that so much
When I first met you
That was some time ago
From then until this
Resist, no, no, no, close to you, see
Oh yes, right from the start
Oh, no, no, no, could never part
Oh, I hear from that thought, yes

(I wanna live in your house)
I wanna live in your house
(I wanna live in your house) your house
Wanna live in your house
You say dry your, don't
Wipe that tear drops from your eyes

Was in a little situation
Came with a solution (solution)
Was a revelation to hear
Triumphant calling
Triumphant trumpets

(I wanna live in your house)
I wanna live in your house
(I wanna live in your house)

Oh, I no hear
Too much for what some say
'Cause at the close of the day
They'll be so far away
But then I know
One things for certain
'Cause at the closing of the oh
Yes, I know one thing for certain
You'll be there, you'll be there
It was you
That raise the flag above my head
Once when I was, once when I was
In a little situation
Came with a, came with a solution (solution)
Was a revelation to hear
Triumphant calling
Triumphant trumpets

I wanna live in your house
Wanna live in your house
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna live in your house
To make a home
To make a home yeah