The Ballad of Jimmy McCabe

When you gonna run on home to me?

Into the dark of night now, oh, Jimmy

I'm gonna run till there ain't no breath

Left inside my tired chest

Only then might I find charity

When you gonna find the strength to leave?

Clear your mind, love the darkness that you see

I'll run till my legs expire

Bring me down in the cold wind's choir

Only then will I find purity

Look for that homecoming sweet daddy, oh

Look for that star shining sweet kid, oh

I'm coming home

Where you gonna find such charity?

As have your loved ones, oh, Jimmy

I'll beat my head till dawn

Figure out what I'm running from

Only then will I find peace in me

Look for that homecoming sweet daddy, oh

Look for that star shining sweet kid, oh

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

Where you gonna go now, oh, Jimmy?

Down by that muddy nursery

You can't see through the muddy waters

Fast flowing tides that order

Which direction that you need to be

Where you gonna run now, oh

Where you gonna run now, oh

Where you gonna run now, oh, Jimmy?