The Ballad of Jimmy Scott
When you're older you feel something
When you're young you can't feel a thing
I've started lots of fires
But I've learned from them
The Baker brothers said I wasn't dirty enough
They wanted to hang me from a tree
I'm stuck with this number on my chest
It didn't fail because of me
Warden, damn right I moved those bags around
Warden, you locked me up
To keep those pitchforks in the ground
When you're hurting you'll blame anything
They wanted to string me up the Bayview Bridge
Webster haunts me every single day of life
And it's what gave me this sentence
I never claimed that I was perfect
I've stumbled and drank my share and ten
But when the newsman asked for sandbaggers
I was there to do my penance
Warden, a better man would have put the bottle down
Warden, I tried my best
But there's no redemption in this town
And one day soon these walls
Will crumble into debris
And take what fight the cancer
Couldn't, from me
They said Rudy was a ghost
Suzie is gone and I'm a memory
Mississippi sunset in my mind
Is all I'll see
Quincy, when I was young
I know I let you down
Quincy, my heart broke
Watching my hometown city drown
When you're young you can't feel a thing
I've started lots of fires
But I've learned from them
The Baker brothers said I wasn't dirty enough
They wanted to hang me from a tree
I'm stuck with this number on my chest
It didn't fail because of me
Warden, damn right I moved those bags around
Warden, you locked me up
To keep those pitchforks in the ground
When you're hurting you'll blame anything
They wanted to string me up the Bayview Bridge
Webster haunts me every single day of life
And it's what gave me this sentence
I never claimed that I was perfect
I've stumbled and drank my share and ten
But when the newsman asked for sandbaggers
I was there to do my penance
Warden, a better man would have put the bottle down
Warden, I tried my best
But there's no redemption in this town
And one day soon these walls
Will crumble into debris
And take what fight the cancer
Couldn't, from me
They said Rudy was a ghost
Suzie is gone and I'm a memory
Mississippi sunset in my mind
Is all I'll see
Quincy, when I was young
I know I let you down
Quincy, my heart broke
Watching my hometown city drown
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Writer(s): Brendan White
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