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jimmy clay - crooked oak lyrics

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when you walk down the street, who will follow you?
six o’clock, it’s getting late
the moon, it is rising as the sticky dew
mold on the ground by the gate

with your rifle on your shoulder as you march along
listening to your bootheels hitting the sod
smoking your cigar as you hum a song
thinking of your mother and your god

still you’re alone, jimmy clay
as you smoke your cigar and draw your pay
and fifteen thousand soldiers march on by your side
still you’re alone, jimmy clay

and remember new york town, good old new york town
the girls, the cops, the friends and all
those wh0res that took your money when you couldn’t stand
all the roaring nights you can’t recall

and remember alice faye, good old alice faye
she’s been through life ten times around
when she said she loved you, well she meant it, boy
remember the night she nearly drowned

still you’re alone, jimmy clay
as you smoke your cigar and think of yesterday
but yesterday don’t matter when it’s gone away
where does it go, jimmy clay?
so as you lie in the mud, who will talk to you?
n0body, jimmy clay
for when you’re gone, mankind follows after you
doesn’t it, jimmy clay?

and your face is growing moldy where they kissed your cheeks
and said “die for us, jimmy clay”
so you die a soldier and a hero’s death
congratulations, jimmy clay

still you’re alone, jimmy clay
as you smoke your cigar and draw your pay
somewhere in the distance, you hear the fiddle play
not one note will change, jimmy clay

- crooked oak lyrics

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