Lyrics to
Don’t Blame Me

This version of Don’T Blame Me was released by Eric Clapton in 1975.

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Hear my story and listen well;
Truth is in all that I tell.
It could never have been me.
I did not shoot no deputy.

Mr. Grant, the deputy,
Friend to my whole family.
He always tell me when John Brown
Was getting ready to come around.

Don’t blame me.
Don’t blame me.

I hide it all except a few seeds
And make him think I plant for me.
When Mr. Grant and I know all the while
We’ve got enough for the whole island.

Three years now we sell it in town
Under the bucket that goes down.
No one knew of it but three:
Mr. Grant, Davis and me.

I swear by God it is a plot;
Davis sent me here to rot.
Listen people, can’t you see
Mr. Davis shot the deputy.

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About Lyrics and Don’T Blame Me by Eric Clapton

The lyrics to Don’T Blame Me are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Eric Clapton in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Don’T Blame Me are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Eric Clapton and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Don’T Blame Me back when it was created.

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