The Ballad of Jamie Bee-John Gorka

[ti:The Ballad of Jamie Bee] [ar:John Gorka] [al:Pure John Gorka] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad of Jamie Bee - John Gorka [00:14.67]Jamie ran aground out in Ohio [00:21.77]Wife left for the great unknown [00:28.48]He says he's gonna take to the high road [00:35.38]She will find a place alone [00:42.15]He says he just could not make her happy [00:49.12]That he never tried so hard before [00:56.08]He'd wake up first and make the coffee [01:03.04]Now the mornings were like war [01:08.74]There's a barroom for every way the wind blows [01:15.14]And a harness for every mother's son [01:22.48]You pull your own weight or else it pulls you [01:28.63]It gets harder the longer that you run [01:36.66]Jamie's from the last great breed of roadmen [01:43.68]Woody Jack and Kerouac and such [01:50.71]But here was a woman he would die for [01:57.36]Beauty no road could ever touch [02:04.44]The town was nearly famous for the glassworks [02:11.34]The factory where they made hoods for the klan [02:17.56]There's a football hall of famer in the phonebook [02:25.02]There's only trouble for an empty man [02:31.00]There's a barroom for every way the wind blows [02:37.64]And temptation in every substance known [02:45.33]You pull your own weight or else it pulls you [02:51.66]It gets harder the older that you've grown [03:11.30]At home in the harley-ridden poolhalls [03:18.50]I guess it's best they never had those kids [03:25.27]Closer to the outlaws then the in-laws [03:31.87]They said Jamie's heart don't break but I know it did [03:37.96]They said Jamie's heart don't break but I know it did [03:45.41]He will find some refuge in his music [03:50.42] [03:52.63]And a long shot that they will reconcile [03:58.97]The meantime is a mean time and he knows it [04:06.56]Til the day he's back upon the pile [04:12.40]Now there's headlights heading from Ohio [04:19.23]And there's teardrops saltier than rain [04:26.49]There's taillights to tell a tale still tender [04:32.83]And a cold wind blowing through the night [04:39.74]There's a cold wind blowing through the night