Poor Jimmy

Author: Ryan Adams

Official Appearance:

N/A

Unofficial Appearance:

Swedish Sessions -- Ryan Adams

Played Live:

10/29/01 03/06/02
10/31/01

Lyrics:

So much for the bells 
And for Jimmy
Rang 'em through the halls of the church
Yeah, and what'd he give me?
Bag of clothes
And a letter I was supposed to give to his ma
He used to tell this joke
Why did the boat get drunk? - pier pressure
You know his castle was a morgue
Oh, poor Jimmy, oh, poor Jimmy
Flat out in heels and some girls that he liked
Eventually he loved no one but the blues
And the bells
That rang through the halls of Saint [???]
They got his goat, so to speak 
Poor Jimmy, to weak, to strong, to carry on
Poor Jimmy, poor Jimmy, baby he's gone
Once upon a time he was sunny and fixed
Burnin' up the candles on the candlesticks
Now everybody wants to die like him
Born for spite and [in the light of the fan]
For souls burning cinders, poor Jimmy

Never old, just pray for Jimmy, your story's been told

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