Jimmy Clay lyrics

Artist  : An Cat Dubh 
Song : Jimmy Clay



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														   G A h

So as you walk down
the street, who will talk to you

G A h 

Six o'clock, it's getting late

G A h 

And the moon is rising, and the sticky dew

D A h

Falls to the ground by the gate





With your rifle on your shoulder
as you walk along

Listening to your
bootheels hit the sod

Smoking your cigar as
you hum a song

Thinking of your mother and
your God



D A h

Ah, but you're
alone, Jimmy Clay

D A h

As you smoke
your cigar and earn your pay

G A h

With fifteen thousand soldiers marching by
your side

D A h

Still, you're alone,
Jimmy Clay



Do you remember New York
Town, good old New York Town

The friends,
the drunks, the cops and all

The whores who
took your money when you couldn't stand

All
those roarin' nights you can't recall



Do you remember Alice Faye, good old Alice
Faye

She'd been through life at least ten
times around

And when she said she loved
you, well, she meant it, boy

Do you
remember the night you nearly drowned



Ah, but you're alone, Jimmy Clay

As you
smoke your cigar and think of yesterday

But
Yesterday don't matter when it's gone away

Where did it go, Jimmy Clay



So as
you lie there in the mud who will talk to you

Nobody, Jimmy Clay

For when you've gone,
mankind soon follows after you

Doesn't it,
Jimmy Clay



And your face will grow
mouldy where they kissed your cheek

And
said, Please die for us, Jimmy Clay

And so
you died, a soldier, and a hero's death

Congratulations, Jimmy Clay



Now
you're alone, Jimmy Clay

As you smoke your
cigar and earn your pay

And somewhere in
the distance hear a fiddle play

But not one
note will change, Jimmy Clay

-aca