I'll Never Play Jacksonville Again Lyrics - Deepcut To Nowhere - Graham Parker

Two young girls were swept down the culverts in the rain 

St. Petersburg was flooded again 

I reached my hand out for them but I watched them slip away 

And I had to get up to Jacksonville that day 

I don't need anyone to remind me 

I don't get the big picture 

I don't need anybody to find me 

Hangin' from a lighting fixture and 

I'll never play Jacksonville again 

I'll never get on that southbound aeroplane 

They gave me a ticket pointed me south 

Gave me five hundred bucks to shut my mouth 

I'll never play Jacksonville 

I'll never have that weird thrill 

I'll never play Jacksonville again, again 

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The road was like a river, the fields were like the sea 

The thunder clouds were closin' in on me 

I gunned that motor onward up route 1-95 

Checked my pulse, yep, still alive 

I don't need anyone to remind me 

To take my hand out of a fire 

I don't need anybody to find me 

Tied up with piano wiring 

I'll never play Jacksonville again 

I'll never get on that southbound aeroplane 

They gave me a ticket pointed me south 

Gave me five hundred bucks to just shut your mouth 

I'll never play Jacksonville 

I'll never have that weird thrill 

I'll never play Jacksonville again, again 

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They put me on at the milk bar and said, "Hey, good luck, kid 

Here's your Jagermeister, here's half a lid" 

Put the past behind you, it's over, pay your bill 

This is where it ends now, Jacksonville 

I don't need anyone to remind me 

I'm on the end of a skewer 

I don't need anybody to find me 

Floatin' around in the sewer 

I'll never play Jacksonville again 

I'll never get on that southbound aeroplane 

They gave me a ticket pointed me south 

Gave me five hundred bucks to shut my mouth 

I'll never play Jacksonville 

I'll never have that weird thrill 

I'll never play Jacksonville again, yeah, yeah, yeah 

I'll never play Jacksonville 

Never, never, never play Jacksonville 

No, I'll never, no, I'll never 

No, I'll never play Jacksonville 

No, I'll never, no, I'll never 

No, I'll never play Jacksonville again, again