Lyrics Hey Jack Kerouac.lrc 10,000 Maniacs
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[ar: 10,000 Maniacs]
[al: 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged]
[ti: Hey Jack Kerouac]
[length: 03:48]
[00:12.30](Robert Buck/Natalie Merchant)
[00:13.51]Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother
[00:17.64]and the tears she cried, they were criedfor none other
[00:24.70]than her little boy lost in our little world that hated
[00:31.94]and that dared to drag him down, her little boy courageous.
[00:40.02]who chose his words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood.
[00:47.37]Hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts.
[00:54.31]they all spoke through you.
[00:59.43]Hey Jack, now for the tricky part,
[01:05.62]when you were the brightest star, who were the shadows?
[01:12.83]Of the San Francisco beat boys you were the favorite.
[01:19.91]Now they sit and rattle their bones and think of their blood stoned days.
[01:28.04]You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood.
[01:35.18]The hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts,
[01:43.30]in Chinatown howling at night.
[02:03.68]Allen baby, why so jaded?
[02:09.78]Have the boys all grown up and their beauty faded?
[02:17.85]Billy, what a saint they’ve made you,
[02:24.94]just like Mary down in Mexico on All Souls’ Day.
[02:33.19]You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood.
[02:40.25]Cool junk booting madmen, street minded girls
[02:48.31]in Harlem, howling at night.
[03:06.69]What a tear stained shock of the world,
[03:13.75]you’ve gone away without saying goodbye.
[03:26.92]Year of Release: 1987