Jerico

歌詞

There's a neighbourhood on the edge of Fresno Down by the old state road and the Suday Farm The people there live in tents and cardboard lean-tos The babies ain't got no shoes, that's not funny Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico When I was a boy growin' up in Fresno The place that I called home was Jerico My mama cooked with kerosene when she set the table The babies drank bathed-in water, sometimes Kool-Aid Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico Kids would bust your lip if you wouldn't fight Runnin' with my friends, beggin' and stealin' We'd hang out by the Honky-Tonk and roll a wino The people in the church next door singin' "thank you, Jesus" Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico Wee Willie Young taught me to play the guitar We used to play the blues 'til his life went bad I started playin' in bars when I was fifteen My younger brother, Pat, right there with me Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico You think you're kinda rocky if you're Jerico They are livin' in a hole down in Jerico Killin' in the valley down in Jerico All the pigs they're stickin' down in Jerico And all the rootin', pickin' down in Jerico And your mama and your papa down in Jerico And you're here understandin' Jerico Hippin' and stickin' down in Jerico An' cookin' and a-kickin' down in Jerico Cookin' in a chippy down in Jerico When it was polk and wheat down in Jerico And all the folk visit the Pen down in Jerico It was funky as a doggie down in Jerico