Jackie (3:40)

Jackie (3:40)

Contact:
Dylan McCarthy
jakelegmusic@gmail.com
303-810-4410

Songwriters, Publishing, PRO:
Dylan McCarthy / Dylan McCarthy Music / BMI

Lyrics

Woke up to my phone, ringing under my pillow
An hour or two before dawn
When I answered the call, I knew would be coming
They told me that Jackie was gone

I wouldn't call her a friend, but I did know her well
From late nights at the neighborhood bar
It was easy to tell, she was going through hell
And sometimes we'd drive in my car

Jackie and me ain't that different, I think that's what scares me the most
Just a matter of time before her heart or mine, decided to give up the ghost

She'd hang her right foot, out the passenger window
And sing an old Townes Van Zandt song
To live is to fly all low and high, and she loved it when I'd sing along

Sometimes she'd talk about diving off bridges, like she'd take off and head for the sky
We'd light up a smoke, pretend it's a joke
And laugh cuz she hated to cry

Jackie and me ain't that different, I think that's what scares me the most
Just a matter of time before her heart or mine, decided to give up the ghost

I'd seen her last night as she twirled round the barroom
With the usual smile that she wore
She whispered to me, someday we'll be free
And winked as she walked out the door

They say she was found, way up the canyon
By the place we used to get high
I remember those nights in my beat up Camaro
Singing "To Live is To Fly"

Jackie and me ain't that different, I think that's what scares me the most
Just a matter of time before her heart or mine, decided to give up the ghost