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 sleeves, it's 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 It's 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 sleeves, 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 That old jean jacket