The Walkabouts - Jack Candy lyrics

Jack candy was as old as my father But still i took a likin' to him He said: "you will be somebody's treasure, But no one has discovered you yet." Jack candy lived on sky valley road And that's where he did business i guess Some say he sold a suitcase of c**aine But he never showed me any of that This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2 About the day they drove him from this town About the day i lost: jack candy I was walkin' up to jack candy's trailer When he shouted that i('d) better head home The curtains closed as he went back inside And i trembled 'cause he wasn't alone This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2 About the day they drove him from this town About the day i lost: jack candy Some say they took him out to a clearin' And made him crawl until he confessed Some say they hung him up by his bootstraps Some say they let him swing in the wind I walked along (the) sky valley road And out onto the great northern bridge And for hours i stared into the cold Sick and tired of denying i loved him This is a story that i've prayed to tell x2 About the day they drove him from this town x2 I've lived a lie and i have lived it well This is the story that i've prayed to tell About a love and how i let him down About the day i lost: jack candy