Mr. Jones Lyrics - Singles - The Mavericks

(Raul Malo) 

I wanna go across the river 

To the house on oldway road 

Where my life began and ended all the same 

I remember Chris and Johnny 

childhood friends of mine 

Who grew wise enough to 

learn to play the game 

As I walked up to the front yard 

There were children playing there 

And I thought someday this 

may be my home again 

But how soon I learned my lesson 

Through the windows they threw stones 

And said there's nothing 

left inside Mr. Jones 

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I went next door to ask the neighbor 

If they knew what happened here 

To the place where all my memories remain 

As they recalled and tried to answer 

Tears rolled down their eyes 

But the best reply they had was made in vain 

Seems the folks that used to live there 

Worked hard for all their means 

But their means could never take them to an end 

There was hope down in the city 

Then a bank declined their loan 

Now there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 

Chorus 

Can't you see that it's empty now 

And no one really cares 

For even I must try to save my own 

You should turn around and get back on that 

Lonely oldway road 

'Cause there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 

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Repeat chorus 

I'm going back across the river 

To see if I can find 

The place where life can start and end all the same 

But no matter where I'm going it will dwell inside my bones 

That there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 

No there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones