Mr. Jones-Big Al Downing

[ti:Mr. Jones] [ar:Big Al Downing] [al:The Show That Would Never Be] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mr. Jones - Big Al Downing [00:23.94]He was an old black country farmer [00:26.75] [00:27.60]Driving home another load of hay [00:30.79] [00:32.54]When he came upon an accident on a lonely county highway [00:39.00] [00:40.08]He could hear a baby cryin' [00:42.65]See the folks as they lay dyin' [00:45.09] [00:45.65]And a mother said with her final breath [00:49.10] [00:51.11]The baby has no kin won't you please take him in [00:55.58]Give him love and give him all your best [00:59.72] [01:01.28]So he took him to the big house [01:03.72]Where he worked as a sharecropper [01:06.05] [01:06.71]From that day on he never was alone [01:10.26] [01:12.02]And when the little white boy [01:14.24]Cut his hand from pickin' berries [01:16.99]He came runnin' cryin' to Mr. Jones [01:20.80] [01:22.13]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones [01:26.17] [01:27.48]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [01:32.91] [01:34.06]Yes I love you and I need you Mr. Jones [01:38.03] [01:39.45]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones [01:43.69] [01:51.59]He grew up and got in trouble [01:53.77] [01:54.42]With the law and on the double [01:56.70] [01:57.45]Soon his name was known throughout the land [02:00.45] [02:02.49]He robbed a bank in Dallas [02:04.79]Killed a man in Oklahoma [02:07.01] [02:07.87]Each time he'd take the phone up in his hand [02:11.10] [02:13.06]Each time the county sheriff stopped by [02:15.91]A part of Mr. Jones would die [02:18.54]And from his eyes the tears began to run [02:21.81] [02:23.83]And he began to pray [02:25.70]That he'd live to see the day [02:28.20] [02:29.10]He'd hold the boy he raised up like a son [02:32.37] [02:33.95]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones [02:38.01] [02:39.11]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [02:44.74] [02:45.73]Yes I love you and I need you Mr. Jones [02:49.74] [02:51.07]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones [02:55.24] [03:04.19]One Saturday night as he lay in jail [03:06.03]For fighting and just raisin' hell [03:08.30] [03:10.07]That Sunday morning he picked up the phone [03:11.85] [03:15.42]And as the phone was ringin' [03:16.87] [03:17.44]Back home in church a choir was singin' [03:19.62] [03:21.29]I'm goin' home for Mr. Jones [03:22.73] [03:25.32]And when the choir stopped singin' [03:27.20] [03:27.98]While that telephone just kept on ringin' [03:30.06] [03:31.86]And they slowly laid Mr. Jones to rest [03:34.08] [03:36.39]And there are those that say [03:37.76] [03:38.45]Well Mr. Jones he passed away from a broken heart [03:43.04]And just plain unhappiness [03:43.99] [03:45.74]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones [03:49.45] [03:50.95]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [03:56.27] [03:57.65]Yes I love you and I need you Mr. Jones [04:01.67] [04:03.05]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr. Jones