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The Ballad of Jimmy Scott

from Canton and Field by Songs About Rivers

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lyrics

When you're older
You feel something
When you're young
You can't feel a thing
I've started lots of fires
But I've learned from them

The Baker brothers said I wasn't dirty enough
They wanted to hang me from a tree
I'm stuck with this number on my chest
It didn't fail because of me

Warden, damn right
I moved those bags around
Warden, you locked me up
To keep those pitchforks in the ground

When you're hurting
You'll blame anything
They wanted to string me up the Bayview Bridge
Webster haunts me every single day of my life
And it's what gave me this sentence

I never claimed that I was perfect
I've stumbled and drank my share and ten
But when the newsman asked for sandbaggers
I was there to do my pennance

Warden, a better man would have put
The bottle down
Warden, I tried my best
But there's no redemption in this town

One day soon these walls
Will crumble into debris
And take what fight the cancer couldn't
From me
They said Rudy was a ghost
Suzie is gone and I'm a memory
Mississippi sunset in my mind
Is all I'll see

Quincy, when I was young
I know I let you down
Quincy, my heart broke
Watching my hometown city drown

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from Canton and Field, track released December 16, 2022
Written, recorded, produced, performed, mixed, and mastered by Brendan White

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Songs About Rivers New York, New York

My name is Brendan. I write and play music in and around New York City.

My debut album, "Canton and Field"is out now and streaming everywhere!

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