Jack Candy

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 cocaine But he never showed me any of that This is a story that I've prayed to tell This is a story that I've prayed to tell 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 This is a story that I've prayed to tell 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 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 This is a story that I've prayed to tell About the day they drove him from this town About the day they drove him from this town 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