Jackson
Album: Don't Mind If I Do
By: The Velvet Marias
By: The Velvet Marias
Duration
3:23
Description
These songs of boozers, losers, lovers, leavers and dreamers bear the stamp of Janis Joplin’s ballsy wallop, the Stones’ randy, rowdy, high-voltage hammering, Merle Haggard’s barroom bruises and other admirable imprints that point to the band members’ collective years learning at the feet of the masters.
Lyrics
Jackson Music and Lyrics by Paul Pearce (V1) There’s a cry outside my window In the middle of the night And I’m staring at the ceiling And turning on the light (V2) There a whisper of tomorrow That’s rustlin’ through the trees And I’m packing up my bags And pickin’ up my keys (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (V3) There a shadow in my heart That slips into my soul And as I fall to pieces It all turns to stone (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (Solo) (V4) And listen up my friends To a story we all know Get lost in my ambition And wind up in a hole (V5) You’ll find there ain’t no reason You’ll find there ain’t no rhyme And once you finally do You’ve run out of time (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (V6) And I’ll smoke my cigarettes And open up my beer And try to loose myself Along the Forked Deer Then wander down the road Somewhere south of Bells And wait for old Saint Peter To let me out of Hell (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down (Solo) (Chorus) And I’m going back to Jackson To lay my burden down
