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Sixteen Years

from Your Stupid Life by Jim Pearson

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An indulgent remake of an old song.
Check out the original if your interested jimpearson.bandcamp.com/track/sixteen-years

lyrics

I used to worry while she was gone
She went out shopping, said she wouldn’t be gone long
But sixteen years have passed me by
Since they found me guilty ‘cos I didn’t have a alibi

Since she came back they set me free
I got a pardon but I got no apology
But after sixteen years dependency
The only place I call my home is in the penitentiary

I begged forgiveness from above
Before I shot the only girl who I will ever love
I waited for the cops and handed them my gun
I said “take me back to prison boys, justice must be done”

Finally they’ve come to shave my head
For sixteen years I waited to be dead
So bury me next to the girl who caused me so much pain
And write this on my headstone “She will never leave my side again”

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from Your Stupid Life, released December 1, 2022

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"You never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it's gonna be pretty darn good." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.

Jim's songs range from the whimsical to some of the most bitter and somber themes, yet always with a paradoxical childlike spirit that meets them head-on – wide-eyed and full of hopeful energy.
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