The End Songtext
von Ryan Adams

I don′t know the sound of my father's voice
I don′t even know how he says my name
But it plays out like a song on the jukebox in a bar
In the back of my head 'til it's a worrying machine

And in the cotton fields out by the house where I was born
The leaves burn like effigies of my kin
The trains run like snakes through the Pentecostal pines
Filled up with cotton and gun storage gin

Oh, Jacksonville
How you burden my soul
How you hold all my dreams captive
Jacksonville
How you play with my mind
Oh, my heart goes bad
Suffocating on the pines in Jacksonville
The air, the air, the air


All the cars are lined up on a Saturday night
With a sky full of nothing but moon
And I lose my reflection in the bottles of wine
′Til the morning comes down and I ain′t nothing but you

At the diner in the morning for a plate of eggs
The waitress tries to give me change
I say "Nah, it's cool, just keep it"
And I read all of my news, I start thinking about her
And I wonder if anybody here besides me has got any decent secrets

Oh, Jacksonville
How you burden my soul
How you hold all my dreams captive
Jacksonville
How you play with my mind
Hell, my heart goes bad
Suffocating on the pines in Jacksonville
The air, the air, the air