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Jack River Blues

from Trouble In The Land (2003) by Dan Frechette

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Jack River Blues

Me and my pal Jack River went riding on a windy day
Found ourselves an oceanfront on the fourth of May
he started playing on his axe
I started singing kind of flat
we looked like a couple lost souls looking for a song to play.

Funny thing was, people walking by weren't smiling much
We adjusted our music to include jazz and standards and classical crutch
John Fogerty took a back seat even though he's better on the beat
and the street didn't care even though we was having a ball.

(chorus)
Everybody saying things I don't want to hear
I keep running into people who I used to hold so dear
who shoot down all my dreams of leaving town
Ooooh they don't want to let me get on any higher ground.

Well I pulled some cash from a backpack threw it in the case
pretty soon it got crazy when a cop showed up to get us out of the place
and we said we didn't have a dime making having fun that time
and he gave us a dirty look that made us remember his face.

Next thing you know me and Jack were standing in a bar
and a DJ came out in a real nice suit and a cuban cigar
and he looked at us with our guitars and started laughing from afar
so we flipped him the bird and made for the door of the dance club stars.

(chorus)

So we wound up standing in the door in the line of the club
we pulled out our guitars and sang them all a little Courtney Love
and the strangest thing occurred me and Jack River heard
a booing sound coming from the Hilfiger whiggers and their tough luck looks.

So we got arrested for playing the blues for the Backstreet Boys
Someone called a cop and they dialed up the number on their cell phone toy
and we had to pay out a fine for having so much fun that time
and we made 9 bucks busking for some pennies in the rat race noise.

(chorus)

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from Trouble In The Land (2003), released December 31, 2003

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