Topic: THE GHOST OF JACK DANIELS(acoustic version)
you can hear this song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3e3HG0iVjE
THE GHOST OF JACK DANIELS…..Steve Boileau
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On a cold windy night, in a dark Tennessee town,
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I was cleaning up the bar, getting ready to shut’er down.
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When in walked a Gentlemen, well dressed, tall and proud.
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He was weathered and gray, you could tell he’d been around.
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He said his name was Jack, that he was just looking around,
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To share some old stories, and throw a few whiskeys down.
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He hitched up to the bar, I finished my last round,
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As he began to speak, on his brow there came a frown.
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He told me tales, of brave hearted men,
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who rode the horse of justice, who never came back again.
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He talked about old Wyatt, about Frank and Jesse James,
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The Youngers and John Tunstuil, Billy Bonny and his gang
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Chorus;
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I rode with Cole Younger, in his Quantrell days.
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I was with young Jesse, on that Northfield raid.
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Honour respect and pride are hard to find these days,
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There are few men today, with the courage to be brave.
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They fought against the Barons, they fought the bankers too.
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They fought the men who told them what to do.
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When you take a mans freedom, you take away his life.
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You take the only thing he has, that keeps his soul alive.
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After many years of travels, of bramble, wind and rain,
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My kind are few and scattered, and numbered are our days.
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The last of a dying breed, are the men I’ve known with pride.
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We all stood together, while others around us died.
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Repeat chorus…
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So one more shot bartender, Old # 7 please,
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For all of those behind us, who left us with this creed.
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Now the whiskey bottle is empty, as the ballads dirges and hymms
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I’ll never forget, that mans face, the one on the bottle looks a lot like him.
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Repeat chorus
