The Jacket

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It's got a hole in the elbow, bandana pocket Silver button missin' from the snap at the bottom I said, "That thing's seen better days, Daddy, you should toss it" And he just said, "Darlin', I can't" [Chorus] This thing is two thousand bonfires, a hitchhike to Boulder It's kept a million raindrops off your mama's shoulders It's my heart on my sleeve, my life in these patches Then he wrapped his arms around me in that old jean jacket [Verse 2] It's been a bed for a hound dog, a picnic blanket There's blood on the collar from a punk who tried to take it from me Seen Willie Nelson play four or five states The best thing Levi ever made [Chorus] We strung four miles of barbed wire in Corinth, Mississippi Spent a night in county jail with an old drunk and a hippie It's my heart on the sleeve, it's my life in these patches With his arms wrapped around me in that old jean jacket [Outro] It ain't much to look at, but he let me have it So I could feel his arms around me in that old jean jacket Jean jacket