Testo John Doe No. 24 - Live 1995 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Testo della canzone John Doe No. 24 - Live 1995 (Mary Chapin Carpenter), tratta dall'album Leave A Mark (Live 1995)
Was standing, on this sidewalk
In 1945, in Jacksonville, Illinois
When asked what my name was, there came no reply
They said, I was a deaf and sightless, half-wit boy
But Lewis was my name, though I could not say it
I was born and raised, in New Orleans
My spirit was wild, so, I let the river take it
On a barge and a prayer upstream
They searched for a mother, and they searched for a father
And they searched, till, they searched no more
The doctors put to rest, their scientific test
And they named me, John Doe No. 24
And they all shook their heads, in pity
For a world so silent, and dark
Well, there's no doubt, that life's a mystery
But so too, is the human heart
And it was my heart's own perfume
When the crape jasmine bloomed, on St. Charles Avenue
I couldn't hear the bells, of the streetcars coming
By toeing the track I knew
And if I were an old man returning
With my satchel and pork-pie hat
I'd hit every jazz joint, on Bourbon
And I'd hit every one, on Basin after that
The years kept passing, as they passed me around
From one state ward, to another
Like I was an orphaned shoe, from the lost and found
Always, missing the other
They gave me a harp, last Christmas
And all the nurses, took a dance
Lately, I've been growing listless
I been dreaming again, of the past
I'm wandering down to the banks, of the Great Big Muddy
Where the shotgun houses stand
I am seven years old, and I feel my daddy
Reach out, for my hand
While I drew breath, no one missed me
So, they won't, on the day that I cease
Put a sprig of crape jasmine, with me
To remind me, of New Orleans
I was standing, on this sidewalk
In 1945, in Jacksonville, Illinois
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Writer(s): Mary Carpenter
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