Intro:
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He was an artist and a writer
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And a poet and a friend
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In a man's life he will take a fall
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But how low he goes it just depends
verse 1GF
Yeah he's shooting dope in the men's room
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At the station Daly City train
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Have you ever seen an angel well I know I have
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You see they'll stay here for a while and then they'll fly away
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Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
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When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
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Never thought twice about being him
CFG
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
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When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
G
Never thought twice about being him
verse 2GF
Some grown up and some grow old
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But what about the kid who never learned the rules
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Spent all these years on this earth
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When you look back it's just a flicker of time
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Jackyl was one of the one's that perished
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Yeah he was one of the one's that was already saved
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Through all the evil and wreckage yeah
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He maintained a sense of himself
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Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
CF
When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
G
Never thought twice about being him
CFG
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
CF
When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
G
Never thought twice about being him
verse 3CF
Some men are in prison even though they walk the streets at night
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Other men who got the lockdown are free as a bird in flight
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How about the hour in the system that ended
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In a one-way line our measures could not stand it
Break
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CFG
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
CF
When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
G
Never thought twice about being him
CFG
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
CF
When he rolled the dice he never thought twice
G
Never thought twice about being him