John Doe No. 24*
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๐ ID: 1388090
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I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
In Jacksonville, Illinois
When asked what my name was there came no reply
They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy
But Lewis was my name though I could not say it
I was born and raised in New Orleans
My spirit was wild so I let the river take it
On a barge and a prayer upstream
They searched for a mother and they searched for a father
And they searched till they searched no more
The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
And they named me John Doe No. 24
And they all shook their heads in pity
For a world so silent and dark
Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery
But so too is the human heart
And it was my heart's own perfume
When the crape jasmoine bloomed on St. Charles Avenue
Though I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming
By toeing the track I knew
And if I were an old man returning
With my satchel and porkpie hat
I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
And I'd hit every one on Basin after that
The years kept passing as they passed me around
From one state ward to another
Like I was an orphaned shoe from the lost and found
Always missing the other
They gave me a harp last Christmas
And all the nurses took a dance
Lately I've been growing listless
I've been dreaming again of the past
I'm wandering down to the banks of the great big muddy
Where the shotgun houses stand
I am seven years old and I feel my daddy
Reach out for my hand
While I drew breath no-one missed me
So they won't on the day that I cease
Put a sprig of crape jasmine with me
To remind me of New Orleans
I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
In Jacksonville, Illinois
In Jacksonville, Illinois
When asked what my name was there came no reply
They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy
But Lewis was my name though I could not say it
I was born and raised in New Orleans
My spirit was wild so I let the river take it
On a barge and a prayer upstream
They searched for a mother and they searched for a father
And they searched till they searched no more
The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
And they named me John Doe No. 24
And they all shook their heads in pity
For a world so silent and dark
Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery
But so too is the human heart
And it was my heart's own perfume
When the crape jasmoine bloomed on St. Charles Avenue
Though I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming
By toeing the track I knew
And if I were an old man returning
With my satchel and porkpie hat
I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
And I'd hit every one on Basin after that
The years kept passing as they passed me around
From one state ward to another
Like I was an orphaned shoe from the lost and found
Always missing the other
They gave me a harp last Christmas
And all the nurses took a dance
Lately I've been growing listless
I've been dreaming again of the past
I'm wandering down to the banks of the great big muddy
Where the shotgun houses stand
I am seven years old and I feel my daddy
Reach out for my hand
While I drew breath no-one missed me
So they won't on the day that I cease
Put a sprig of crape jasmine with me
To remind me of New Orleans
I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
In Jacksonville, Illinois
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.02] I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
[00:25.85] In Jacksonville, Illinois
[00:31.55] When asked what my name was there came no reply
[00:36.05] They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy
[00:41.86] But Lewis was my name though I could not say it
[00:46.26] I was born and raised in New Orleans
[00:52.38] My spirit was wild so I let the river take it
[00:56.66] On a barge and a prayer upstream
[01:02.67] They searched for a mother and they searched for a father
[01:07.26] And they searched till they searched no more
[01:11.86] The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
[01:16.74] And they named me John Doe No. 24
[01:23.24] And they all shook their heads in pity
[01:28.33] For a world so silent and dark
[01:33.45] Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery
[01:38.85] But so too is the human heart
[01:43.46] And it was my heart's own perfume
[01:46.58] When the crape jasmoine bloomed on St. Charles Avenue
[01:53.45] Though I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming
[01:59.05] By toeing the track I knew
[02:04.51] And if I were an old man returning
[02:09.67] With my satchel and porkpie hat
[02:15.02] I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
[02:19.89] And I'd hit every one on Basin after that
[02:25.53] The years kept passing as they passed me around
[03:12.26] From one state ward to another
[03:17.24] Like I was an orphaned shoe from the lost and found
[03:22.33] Always missing the other
[03:27.02] They gave me a harp last Christmas
[03:32.81] And all the nurses took a dance
[03:37.48] Lately I've been growing listless
[03:43.36] I've been dreaming again of the past
[03:47.93] I'm wandering down to the banks of the great big muddy
[03:53.44] Where the shotgun houses stand
[03:58.77] I am seven years old and I feel my daddy
[04:03.75] Reach out for my hand
[04:09.38] While I drew breath no-one missed me
[04:14.45] So they won't on the day that I cease
[04:19.76] Put a sprig of crape jasmine with me
[04:24.27] To remind me of New Orleans
[04:30.26] I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
[04:35.61] In Jacksonville, Illinois
[04:39.64]
[00:25.85] In Jacksonville, Illinois
[00:31.55] When asked what my name was there came no reply
[00:36.05] They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy
[00:41.86] But Lewis was my name though I could not say it
[00:46.26] I was born and raised in New Orleans
[00:52.38] My spirit was wild so I let the river take it
[00:56.66] On a barge and a prayer upstream
[01:02.67] They searched for a mother and they searched for a father
[01:07.26] And they searched till they searched no more
[01:11.86] The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
[01:16.74] And they named me John Doe No. 24
[01:23.24] And they all shook their heads in pity
[01:28.33] For a world so silent and dark
[01:33.45] Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery
[01:38.85] But so too is the human heart
[01:43.46] And it was my heart's own perfume
[01:46.58] When the crape jasmoine bloomed on St. Charles Avenue
[01:53.45] Though I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming
[01:59.05] By toeing the track I knew
[02:04.51] And if I were an old man returning
[02:09.67] With my satchel and porkpie hat
[02:15.02] I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
[02:19.89] And I'd hit every one on Basin after that
[02:25.53] The years kept passing as they passed me around
[03:12.26] From one state ward to another
[03:17.24] Like I was an orphaned shoe from the lost and found
[03:22.33] Always missing the other
[03:27.02] They gave me a harp last Christmas
[03:32.81] And all the nurses took a dance
[03:37.48] Lately I've been growing listless
[03:43.36] I've been dreaming again of the past
[03:47.93] I'm wandering down to the banks of the great big muddy
[03:53.44] Where the shotgun houses stand
[03:58.77] I am seven years old and I feel my daddy
[04:03.75] Reach out for my hand
[04:09.38] While I drew breath no-one missed me
[04:14.45] So they won't on the day that I cease
[04:19.76] Put a sprig of crape jasmine with me
[04:24.27] To remind me of New Orleans
[04:30.26] I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945
[04:35.61] In Jacksonville, Illinois
[04:39.64]