Jacksonville Skyline
Author: Ryan Adams

Official Appearance:

 Pneumonia -- Whiskeytown
Unofficial Appearance: Pneumonia Pre-Release Version -- Whiskeytown

Pneumonia Rough Mix -- Whiskeytown

Notes:

 Ryan Adams: "Damn! I told them just to call it 'Jacksonville.' Those bastards!" He laughs. "I guess if I was ever going to write my own sort of 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' this would be it. It's really just absolutely about where I'm from and the things I saw growing up. It's autobiographical for the most part."

Played Live: 

08/08/98

 03/13/02 11/26/03 01/17/04 05/04/05
11/30/02 12/03/03 09/13/04 05/09/05
12/05/02 12/06/03 09/19/04 06/08/05
12/08/02 12/07/03 09/23/04 11/17/05
11/10/04 11/18/05
11/12/04
11/16/04

Lyrics:  

The banks of the river run through my hometown
As a boy I ran the dirt roads, and I scraped my knees
Well they paved the roads eventually
With neon signs and car dealerships and diners

The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends
I saw the pretty women as I walked through town

Well, I moved away soon as I turned sixteen
Figured I was old enough to go and work a job
Well I floated down main street, pools of car lights
Overcame me wishing I was still back home

The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends
I saw the pretty women as I walked through town

Well, Jacksonville's a city with a hopeless streetlight
Seems like you're lucky if it ever change from red to green
I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness
And .50 cent picture frames bought at a five and dime

I ended up a soldier on the weekend
Looking for a vacancy I was unable to find
Somewhere the night sky hangs like a blanket
Shoot it with my cap gun just to make it
Seem like stars

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