Jackie

by johnford on August 16, 2004

Maybe to come for this:

jackie remembers
goin back fifty years
still the lines and tides
haven’t dried a single tear

she moved here in 80
to find a new life
after raising four kids
dropping out as a wife

jackie found out today
just how much you can’t own
when you spent your last dollar
and you’re still all alone

She used to be a contender
She used to be young
She say’s “Oh dear God look
at what I have become.”

back in the day
I could stop any clock
with the wave of my hand
and just one single look

but jackie found out today
just how much you can’t own
when you’ve lost your last dollar
and your still alone

The wake laps down the seawall
and the moon turns the soul
still she dreams of the years
spent rocking the boat

Jackie’s flying out tonight
right thru the stars
and this old muddy ol’ town
won’t see jackie no more

but she found out today
just how much you can’t own
when you’ve spent your last dollar
and you’re still all alone

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Still can’t get the right for this:

The band came together
Ribbons spun to the ground
We stood proud down river
And found peace in Lee’s ground

South of the bent willow
Jenny swore she won’t forget me
And then Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Through blue smoke and thunder
In the cane and the vine
The cotton bales drifted
And our chains came untied

Still it feels like some freedom
Cost more than their victory
And then Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Away, away, away down south in Dixie

My kin all spread north
For a new way to work
But the shackles they gave us
Cost more than they’re worth

I curse this new country
The old ways still fit me
But today Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie
Today Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Away, away, away down south in Dixie

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