| Brother John, Brother John
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| What have you done?
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| You’ve come here with this woman
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| Took the life of a lawman’s son
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| I wish that I could help you
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| But it’d be best if you’d run
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| If they catch you they will kill you
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| Brother John, Brother John
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| You say you had good reason
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| She swears you did her wrong
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| She tried to get away
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| But his hands were just too strong
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| Now the lightnin' is flashin'
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| And the rain is pouring down
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| And you’re just a step away
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| From the sheriff and his hounds
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| Brother John, Brother John
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| What have you done?
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| You’ve come here with this woman
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| Took the life of a lawman’s son
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| I wish that I could help you
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| But it’d be best if you’d run
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| Cause if they catch you they will kill you
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| Brother John, Brother John
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| You never should have been there
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| It was wrong right from the start
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| Cause she was married to another
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| But found her way into your heart
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| You’ll have to live with the decisions
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| That you let your temper make
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| Better get on across that river
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| Before they put you in a grave
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| Brother John, Brother John
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| What have you done?
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| You have come here with this woman
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| Took the life of a lawman’s son
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| I wish that I could help you
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| But it’d be best if you’d run
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| If they catch you they will kill you
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| Brother John, Brother John
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| May Lord have mercy on you
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| Brother John, Brother John |