Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Jackson Cage, artist - John Wesley Harding.
Date of issue: 17.05.2018
Song language: English
Jackson Cage |
Driving home she grabs something to eat |
Turns a corner and drives down her street |
Into a row of houses she just melts away |
Like the scenery in another man’s play |
Into a house where the blinds are closed |
To keep from seeing things she don’t wanna know |
She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street |
The cool of the night takes the edge off the heat |
In the Jackson Cage |
Down in Jackson Cage |
You can try with all your might |
But you’re reminded every night |
That you been judged and handed life |
Down in Jackson Cage |
Every day ends in wasted motion |
Just crossed swords on the killing floor |
To settle back is to settle without knowing |
The hard edge that you’re settling for |
Because there’s always just one more day |
And it’s always gonna be that way |
Little girl you’ve been down here so long |
I can tell by the way that you move you belong to The Jackson Cage |
Down in Jackson Cage |
And it don’t matter just what you say |
Are you tough enough to play the game they play |
Or will you just do your time and fade away |
Down into the Jackson Cage |
Baby there’s nights when I dream of a better world |
But I wake up so downhearted girl |
I see you feeling so tired and confused |
I wonder what it’s worth to me or you |
Just waiting to see some sun |
Never knowing if that day will ever come |
Left alone standing out on the street |
Till you become the hand that turns the key down in Jackson Cage |
Down in Jackson Cage |
Well darlin' can you understand |
The way that they will turn a man |
Into a stranger to waste away |