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Artist: The Walkabouts
Canonical path: /the-walkabouts/jack-candy
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Jack Candy
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Jack Candy
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Jack Candy was as old as my father
But still I took a likin' to him
He said: "You will be somebody's treasure,
But no one has discovered you yet."
Jack Candy lived on Sky Valley Road
And that's where he did business I guess
Some say he sold a suitcase of cocaine
But he never showed me any of that
This is a story that I've prayed to tell X2
About the day they drove him from this town
About the day I lost: Jack Candy
I was walkin' up to Jack Candy's trailer
When he shouted that I('d) better head home
The curtains closed as he went back inside
And I trembled 'cause he wasn't alone
This is a story that I've prayed to tell X2
About the day they drove him from this town
About the day I lost: Jack Candy
Some say they took him out to a clearin'
And made him crawl until he confessed
Some say they hung him up by his bootstraps
Some say they let him swing in the wind
I walked along (the) Sky Valley Road
And out onto the great northern bridge
And for hours I stared into the cold
Sick and tired of denying I loved him
This is a story that I've prayed to tell X2
About the day they drove him from this town X2
I've lived a lie and I have lived it well
This is the story that I've prayed to tell
About a love and how I let him down
About the day I lost: Jack Candy
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