The Ballad of Mr. Jones

Album: Jake Bugg (2012)
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  • There's a blind man in the witness stand
    With three young men's lives in his hands
    There's a poor boy who stood at the scene
    Who'll be haunted by the dirty things he's seen

    It's a shame all the jury knew the accused
    'Cause now they're running free when they left her cold and bruised
    There's a chalked white line stained with blood
    Sorry Mr. Jones, we did all we could

    There's a whole lot of people out there and they're all running free
    Some will care and some will steal the last breath that you breathe
    From you, from you

    So Mr. Jones in a cruel twist of fate
    Found the perpetrators in a drunken haze
    Gave them retribution for their twisted ways
    Now he's going down for years instead of days

    There's a whole lot of people out there and they're a wild and restless sea,
    Some will care and some will steal the last breath that you breathe from you
    From you, from you Writer/s: Iain Denis Archer, Jake Kennedy
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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