Jailbird-Jim White

[ti:Jailbird] [ar:Jim White] [al:A Funny Little Cross to Bear - Live EP] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jailbird (囚犯) - Jim White (吉姆·怀特) [00:24.63]Dixie is a scourge and a scar [00:28.26]And a girl in my heart and a state of mind [00:33.71]Jesus is the man with a plan [00:36.75]He's a short haired Mexican friend of mine [00:41.78]This small town crowd should've dragged you down [00:45.78]Can't leave your past behind [00:49.86]Wipers in the rain tap out time [00:54.62]Coming up on a new state line [00:58.57] [01:02.15]I wanna be a jailbird [01:06.74]From the prison of my own damn mind [01:09.77]Gonna get me a fast car [01:12.42] [01:13.60]Set out and see what I can find [01:16.85]Brick up the well of tears and disappear [01:21.32]Leave myself behind [01:23.76]Gonna be a jailbird [01:28.07]From the prison of my own damn mind [01:34.48] [01:37.34]Midnight take a short cut [01:40.59]Through the downtown cemetery [01:44.26]No stepping on graves [01:47.52]Check the statue of the Virgin Mary [01:51.03]She's catching moonlight in the shadows [01:54.94]Revealing spider webs [01:58.33]Can you see the black widow [02:02.20]Hung between our lady's hands [02:09.64]I wanna be a jailbird [02:13.88]From the prison of my own damn mind [02:17.27]Gonna get me a fast car [02:21.18]Set out and see what I can find [02:24.47]Brick up the well of tears and disappear [02:28.76]Leave myself behind [02:31.45]Gonna be a jailbird [02:35.61]From the prison of my own damn mind [02:40.57] [03:18.59]Now used to be when I was young [03:21.67]I was so hungry for oblivion [03:25.63]My thoughts would linger [03:29.08]Like fingers in a deadly web [03:32.69]But in time as sorrow showed it's face [03:36.63]In kind I learned to ache for grace [03:40.21]To work and pray to one day [03:42.56]Be delivered whole alive and free [03:49.55] [03:51.06]I wanna be a jailbird [03:55.57]From the prison of my own damn mind [03:58.57]Gonna get me a fast car [04:02.50]Set out and see what I can find [04:05.66]Brick up the well of tears and disappear [04:10.17]Leave myself behind [04:12.66]Gonna be a jailbird [04:16.91]From the prison of my own damn mind