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Testo John Doe No. 24 - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Testo della canzone John Doe No. 24 (Mary Chapin Carpenter), tratta dall'album One Night Lonely (Live)

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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Altre canzoni dell'album

The Age of Miracles (Live) Chasing What's Already Gone (Live) Farther Along and Further In (Live) Sometimes Just the Sky (Live) I Have a Need for Solitude (Live) Something Tamed, Something Wild (Live) Houston (Live) I Take My Chances (Live) Grand Central Station (Live) All Broken Hearts Break Differently (Live)

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