Lyrics

VERSE
Jackie came to town looking for a job,
A paycheck, and a pension.
Bag on his back, he carried his clothes
And his best intention.
Something brought him here,
Something made him walk in a southern direction.
Yeah, I guess it?s fair to say Jackie and I had a connection.

CHORUS
Oh, Jackie, come here. Oh, Jackie, don?t you look that way.
Oh, Jackie, we?re apart and my heart
Should?ve left with you that day.

VERSE
Jackie got a job working too much and making too little.
Wore a blue-collar suit,
Black-and-blue eyes that burned in the middle.
Jackie started fires, sat and watched
As the wood that I brought him burned brittle.
Jackie crossed every wire.
He was my answer, I was his riddle.

CHORUS
Oh, Jackie, you?re here. Oh, Jackie, you?re gone away.
Oh, Jackie, we?re apart and my heart
Should?ve left with you that day.

VERSE
Jackie left town, left his job, left me alone,
Bag on his back, to another woman
and another home.
Jackie, now I sit, tearing the flesh from my bones.
Jackie, come and bury me
In this grave that I had to dig on my own.

CHORUS
Oh, Jackie, come back.
Oh, Jackie, don?t you go away. I?m lonely, Jackie,
I?m holding my hands together so I can pray.
Oh, Jackie, don?t go. Oh, Jackie, don?t you fade away.
Oh, Jackie, we?re apart and my heart
Should?ve left with you that day.