is this your life jackie brown
poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town
is this your daughter jackie brown
this pretty little girl
in the worn out clothes
that have been handme down
is this your wife jackie brown
with sad blue eyes walking on eggshells so you don’t see her frown
is this your family jackie brown
dream of vacationing on a mountain stream
and giving the world more than it gave you
what ugly truths freedom brings
and it hasn’t been very kind to you
is this your life jackie brown
is this your meal jackie brown
barely enough i’ve seen people throw away more than this out
is this your home jackie brown
this three room shack
with no running water
and the bathroom out back
is this your grave jackie brown
this little piece of limestone that says another desperate man took himself out
is this your dream jackie brown
going nowhere and nowhere fast
we shame ourselves to watch people like this live
but who gives a damn about jackie brown
just another lazy man who couldn’t take what was his
one helluva life jackie brown
forevermore jackie brown
amen and amen jackie brown
Artist: John Mellencamp
Year: 1989
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 110