You Think You Know Somebody

You think you know somebody You think they know you You think you know somebody But man you never do Jackie used to live three blocks away from me We used to throw the baseball And we'd climb his old oak tree You know we would sneak his old man's cigarettes Behind the picket fence We swore that we would always be best of friends We used to sit out on the curb And talk on summer nights Until Jackie's dad would call him And he took off like a light The Friday nights were all the same Our high school senior year We hung out at the river Drank black label beer And we would listen to the Stones With all of our old friends Maybe sneak a toke or two Down where the river bends Well I remember how I said I'd drive him home on Friday night Well he said go on without out me Buddy I'll be all right We went off to college Start our freshman year Well I went off to school About an hour away from here But you know Jackie he took off Went to college out of state He used to call me all the time He used to tell me it was great He said I'm coming home for Christmas And I hope you'll do the same Well he'd say that he was coming But Jackie never came Ah, you think you know somebody You think they know you You think you know somebody But man you never do Well the night that he got married Well I was his best man He's moved back to town And now we're neighbors again I've since found myself a wife So now I'm married too Our families get together Every Sunday afternoon His boy and my boy They sit out and talk at night Until Jackie calls for his boy And then he takes off like a light Last night I saw the flashing lights I quickly ran outside A neighbor lady told me That Jackie's youngest boy had died And I was shocked to see the cops Had Jackie handcuffed in the car Ã? Til this morning's paper told me That Jackie had gone too far And now they're saying Jackie He ain't the only one to blame Cause battered children, they almost always Grow up to do the same You think you know somebody You think they you know you You think you know somebody But man you never do Oh