Jackson's in a Hole - Parker Millsap, Michael Rose

Jackson’s down in a hole in Wyoming

He had a wife once, or at least that’s what he told me

Drank his last one when he felt the walls start foldin' in

And his old car got thirty-five tears-a-mile 'til he had to fill her up again

Mary had a baby named Earnest

She carried him over by the furnace

And buried the feelings that burn us all

Earnest, he grew up just like his dad, a little wild and a little tall

Earnest, he has dreams about his father

Standin' up against a mountain full of water

Well he bares his chest and the mountains grow taller and black

And they split wide and wash old Jackson south and the burden off of Mary’s back

Nothin’s gonna break these blues

Wakin' up to the Colorado news

Nothin’s gonna break these blues

Wakin' up to the Colorado news