Joey The Jone-Dave Sharp

[ti:Joey The Jone] [ar:Dave Sharp] [al:Hard Travellin'] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joey The Jone - Dave Sharp [00:25.20]Heard a howling banshee [00:26.87] [00:28.07]On a funeral stone [00:29.45] [00:31.03]Was the sound of the children [00:32.47] [00:33.63]Weeping for one of their own [00:35.03] [00:36.54]The kid died in an instant [00:38.25] [00:39.03]Took a bullet in the back [00:40.71] [00:42.53]Shot from a 45 in a police attack [00:46.69] [00:48.46]Was a routine shakedown [00:50.09] [00:51.33]New Jersey was the place [00:52.74] [00:54.18]A quick right from the sin is where [00:56.12] [00:56.73]The kid took it in the face [00:58.24] [00:59.25]This is the killing of Joey the Jone [01:01.16] [01:02.52]Innocent to the bone [01:04.14] [01:05.25]Now his name is cast in stone [01:07.41] [01:08.13]This is the killing [01:08.91] [01:13.04]The killing of Joey the Jone [01:14.97] [01:28.46]There was a reverend and a doctor [01:30.31] [01:31.15]Shaking a mojo around [01:32.57] [01:33.98]Little children weeping tears [01:36.25] [01:36.93]As joey was put in the ground [01:38.39] [01:39.73]They covered the kid with dust [01:41.24] [01:42.36]Nobody was digging the scene [01:44.16] [01:45.18]As the local social workers [01:47.40] [01:48.35]Moved in looking mean [01:50.02] [01:51.41]Trying to smooth the anger [01:53.12] [01:54.39]Firing up the crowd [01:55.73] [01:57.44]Trying to get things back together [01:59.52]Force the people underground [02:01.52] [02:02.88]Something's going on here [02:04.45] [02:05.52]What it is nobody's sure [02:07.47] [02:08.71]The reverend prayed for guidance [02:10.39] [02:11.16]And the doctor's seeking a cure [02:12.93] [02:14.16]There's a plot smelt to the heavens [02:16.17] [02:17.14]The whole town's hung in shame [02:18.99] [02:20.19]Blood on a whole generation [02:21.95] [02:22.58]Of a entire city insane [02:24.61] [02:25.54]And there's a bridge from coast to coast [02:27.61] [02:28.36]Linking people by the hand [02:30.42] [02:31.33]At a time when war [02:33.11]Is being declared [02:34.23]On the poor people of the land [02:36.20] [02:37.00]This is the killing of Joey the Jone [02:39.20] [02:40.49]Innocent to the bone [02:41.96] [02:43.12]Now his name is cast in stone [02:45.19] [02:46.06]This is the killing [02:46.75] [02:50.85]The killing of Joey the Jone [02:52.24] [03:05.77]Now there's a whole lot of talk in the churches [03:08.18] [03:08.86]A whole lot of talk around the place [03:10.57] [03:11.95]The talk is talk the talk is cheap [03:14.26] [03:15.12]And those who want to save face [03:16.49] [03:18.26]This school yard shakedown has got a whole bunch of folks on the run [03:22.19] [03:23.69]The reverend the doctor hit the streets [03:25.76] [03:26.44]To see what could be done [03:27.89] [03:29.02]And at the funerals down town [03:31.03] [03:32.29]The bodies where under age [03:34.28] [03:34.84]And there were sermons spoken every night for to calm the people rage [03:39.49] [03:41.08]Meanwhile after the killing [03:42.53] [03:43.55]At an all night candle lit wake [03:45.38] [03:46.74]The hymn was no justice no peace [03:49.23] [03:49.86]The powers that be are all fake [03:51.51] [03:52.49]The crowd started a riot [03:54.13] [03:55.31]Police cars burned the streets [03:57.06] [03:57.97]There was a big fuss [03:59.28] [03:59.82]The reverend declared we've got to stop or we're all dead meat [04:02.91] [04:03.77]Now the lord came down [04:05.80] [04:06.62]Said 'Reverend get up off your knees [04:08.84] [04:10.01]And go to the powers and call out loud [04:12.16] [04:12.79]To stop this big city squeeze [04:14.80] [04:15.33]This is the killing of Joey the Jone [04:17.30] [04:18.70]Innocent to the bone [04:20.27] [04:21.27]Now his name is cast in stone [04:23.23] [04:24.23]This is the killing [04:24.89] [04:29.04]The killing of Joey the Jone [04:30.51] [05:05.59]Now the doctor said we've got to heal this place [05:08.40]It needs a heart to keep it alive [05:10.22] [05:11.60]You've got to speak if there's going to be change [05:14.18]And the reverend's going to tell you why [05:16.00] [05:17.17]Some say the crowds are a danger [05:19.04] [05:19.99]You see it every time they meet [05:21.76] [05:23.15]You might recall that Jesus was nailed by a crowd gathered in the street [05:27.32] [05:28.85]But if it's a question of justice [05:30.64] [05:31.82]Look them straight in the eye [05:33.27] [05:34.37]Say who did the hanging who did the swinging [05:37.03] [05:37.58]And who was it for that he died [05:39.13] [05:39.97]This is the killing of Joey the Jone [05:41.96] [05:43.07]What's innocent to the bone [05:44.91] [05:45.85]Now his name is cast in stone [05:47.90] [05:48.82]This is the killing [05:49.72] [05:53.72]The killing of Joey the Jone [05:55.14] [05:59.97]Joey the Jone