Jackson Square Lyrics - Mason Jennings

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Dust cloud coming off an old dirt road
that leads up here to this little graveyard
seven lights in a perfect row
and under each light is a police car
just because you say it doesn`t make it true
you can say that i`m guilty man, i just don`t care
you can burn my body black
just don`t make me go back to jackson square

i met you on decatur street
with your little bare feet and your violin
i was walking by with my guitar in my hand
you smiled at me and i jumped right in
before i knew it you were all i knew
every moment together was an answered prayer
after a while we had some money saved up
and we rented a room over jackson square

then one day everything changed
your eyes got strange you didn`t seem yourself
you`d go to tell a story and you`d start out fine
halfway through it you`d be somewhere else
and i started having the strangest dream
i held a string and looked up in the air
and you were glowing with the strangest light
drifting out of sight over jackson square

life is something that you can`t control
when you try to hold onto it it makes you let go
things are not like they were before
i can hear her crying through the bathroom door
she says she hears spirits all around the room
and they`re telling her things that make her feel scared
i have no idea what to do
we`re both in over our heads on jackson square

l woke up with a weight on my chest
peope were screaing on the street below
i reached for you, i was alone in the bed
wind was blowing through an open window
and suddenly i was very old, in a little boat
absolutely nowhere
staring at the side of the universe
and your tiny body down on jackson square

and don`t tell me that there ain`t no end
there damn well is and it waits in the wings
i see you kneeling there at center stage
in your tiny cage made of angel wings
while i`m here every night
loading my gun and trying not to go there
anyone who says that life is clear
has never seen a mirror
or been to jackson square

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