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Jack, Jack, Jack.

Drop yer gun, coward.
Nothin’ you can do
Dyin’ now won’t bring her back,
And her blood is all on you.

I’m gonna let you suffer
Suffer long til dead
But first I’m gonna bloody whip ya
To yer gawdamn head

Tracked ‘im down for 18 years,
I wrecked the coward’s life
Ol’ John Red is my name
And I hung the coward’s wife.

He tracked him down for 18 years,
He wrecked the coward’s life
Ol’ John Red is his name
And he hung the coward’s wife.

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Came to, barn was blazin’
The flames were red as blood
Stumbled to my feet, but fell face down
Looked up through the mud

My wife, my love, my bridge
‘Tween my old ways and my new
Gone for good, along with all
The good that I could do.

From the coal-black ash I carried
My love to her restin’ place
What was left o’ her, wasn’t much
I buried what still remained

Old road down, lonely way
Made the man I am today
Can’t get out, damn sure tried
Price I paid to save my hide

Old road down, paid the price
Dead man walkin’, heart of ice
This I swear, won’t rest my head
‘Til I kill ol’ John dead.

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from The Ballad of Coward Jack, released September 2, 2017
Written by Andrew Vlasblom
Violin arrangements by Eden Jones
Lead vocals: Ashley Johnson, Kaitlyn Wachter
Backing vocals: Laureline Claeys

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