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Sun through the window like a boogey man
Unfinished curtains on the nightstand
Alarm clock bounces off my head
Phone is ringing beside my bed
My son is dressed and waiting on the step
Itâs the head nurse calling from Parkland
I got a kid. His nameâs John-John
Born the same day as the Presidentâs son
Today is the day of the big parade
But theyâre short at work and itâs double pay
That means a new scooter on your birthday
But the President will have to waitâ¦
Take Public Transit 109
Bounce out at the Parkland sign
Bring him to work and show him âround
Grab that bucket, mop, and gown
Towels, bed sheets, blankets and diapers
Wheel him âround in the laundry hamper
John was the Prez, a mop was Jackie K.
We were a two-man motorcade
A girl stopped skipping to watch us shoot past
He blew her a kiss and then through the glass
Of the emergency doors we turned to see
Blood and roses, guns and grief
Bring him in and lay him down
John, bring the surgeons gloves and gowns!
Through the black suits darting to and fro
I could see her shaking and alone
âJohn-John put that bullet back
And offer Mrs. Kennedy your hand
Hold it tight âtill her cryinâs done
And donât look back, I wonât be longâ¦â
I brought fresh linen for the President
I watched the doctors pronounce him dead
Then a light voice said, âIs this your son?
He held my hand and my cryinâs done.â
Then John-John said, âYou better get along,
Youâve got a birthday to plan when you get homeâ¦â
She bent down and kissed my John-Johnâs face
Smoothed her bloody dress into place
And with her sonâs love as her staff
She lifted a nation upon her back
She turned and nodded, we nodded back
As they carried her husband from Parkland⦠John-John put that bullet back!
- Album:
- Notes Falling Slow
- Kennedy Suite
- Wilderness
- One Soul Now
- In The Time Before Llamas
- Open
- Rarities, B-Sides And Slow, Sad Waltzes
- The Trinity Sessions
- Black-Eyed Man
- Lay It Down
- Miles from Our Home
- Miscellaneous
- Pale Sun, Crescent Moon
- The Caution Horses
- The Trinity Session
- Whites off Earth Now!!
- At the End of Paths Taken
- Early 21st Century Blues
- Renmin Park
- Demons