## Metadata
**Caption:** reggae rock cover, laid-back groove, smooth guitar, relaxed vocal, 1974, mellow, male vocal
**BPM:** 100
**Duration:** 180.0s
**Key:** E minor
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
I stood my ground when the lawman came around
Every word he threw at me was another chain and sound
He had it in for me since the day that I was born
Called me trouble, called me nothing, left my name in scorn

[chorus]
I took the fall for the fire in his eyes
I took the blame for the trouble and the lies
But I never touched the deputy that night
That one's on somebody else, but I won't win this fight

[verse]
Every witness in the town had a different tale to tell
Truth got buried underneath the story that they sell
I just wanted freedom, wanted air to breathe
But the system had a verdict it was built to achieve

[chorus]
I took the fall for the fire in his eyes
I took the blame for the trouble and the lies
But I never touched the deputy that night
That one's on somebody else, but I won't win this fight

[bridge]
Some men judge you guilty long before you speak
Some men build a cage for the poor and for the weak
Still I hold my head up walking through the door
Because the truth still matters even when they keep score

[chorus]
I took the fall for the fire in his eyes
I took the blame for the trouble and the lies
But I never touched the deputy that night
That one's on somebody else, but I won't win this fight