Dave Sharp - Joey The Jone Lyrics
Heard a howling bansheeOn a funeral stoneWas the sound of the childrenWeeping for one of their ownThe kid died in an instantTook a bullet in the backShot from a .45 in a police attackWas a routine shakedownNew Jersey was the placeA quick right from the sin? is whereThe kid took it in the faceChorus:This is the killing of Joey the joneInnocent to the boneNow his name is cast in stoneThis is the killingThe killing of Joey the joneThere was a reverend and a doctorShaking a mojo aroundLittle children weeping tearsAs Joey was put in the groundThey covered the kid with dustNobody was digging the sceneAs the local social workersMoved in; looking meanTrying to smooth the angerFiring up the crowdTrying to get things back togetherForce the people undergroundSomething's going on hereWhat it is, nobody's sureThe reverend prayed for guidanceAnd the doctor's seeking a cureThere's a plot smelt to the heavens?The whole town's hung in shameBlood on a whole generationOf a entire city insaneAnd there's a bridge from coast to coastLinking people by the handAt a time when warIs being declaredOn the poor people of the landChorusNow there's a whole lot of talk in the churchesA whole lot of talk around the placeThe talk is talk, the talk is cheapAnd those who want to save faceThis school yard shakedown has got a whole bunch of folks on the runThe reverend, the doctor hit the streetsTo see what could be doneAnd at the funerals down townThe bodies where under ageAnd there were sermons spoken every night for to calm the peoples' rageMeanwhile after the killingAt an all-night, candle-lit wakeThe hymn was 'no justice no peace,The powers that be are all fake'The crowd started a riotPolice cars burned the streetsThere was a big fussThe reverend declared 'we've got to stop or we're all dead meat'Now the Lord came downSaid 'Reverend get up off your kneesAnd go to the powers and call out loudTo stop this big city squeeze'ChorusNow the doctor said 'we've got to heal this place,It needs a heart to keep it aliveYou've got to speak if there's going to be changeAnd the Reverend's going to tell you why''Some say the crowds are a dangerYou see it every time they meetYou might recall that Jesus was nailed by a crowd gathered in the streetBut if it's a question of justiceLook them straight in the eyeSay 'Who did the hanging, who did the swinging,And who was it for that he died?''Chorus
