Текст песни Falloe - The Ballad of Jimmy James

Keep to running water, where it’s clean and crystal clear
The tide won’t pull you under, it’s the belly full of beer
And in that still water is the ghost of Jimmy James
Who was raped by his three uncles and beaten to the grave
They cut his belly open and they filled it up with stones
And then tossed it in still water as if just a bag of bones
But Jimmy James body would not sink
No Jimmy James stayed floating, you could almost see a smile
Behind his bloody face and in his bloody lifeless eyes
His uncles they threw bottles, all the stones that they could find
As if more holes in his body, would mean he would sink in time
They shook their fists at heaven and they stamped their feet at hell
And they cursed that still water and the tide that wouldn’t swell
But Jimmy James body would not sink
They tried to throw a rope out to try and fetch him in
But the rope just wouldn’t hold, so one uncle said he’d swim
He made it out to Jimmy James paddling like a dog
He tried to rest upon the boy but the boy he was no log
So they both slowly went under but only one came up
And on the banks the uncles cursed their rotten luck
Still Jimmy James body would not sink
One brother said to the other, “I won’t leave our brother there.”
As he slowly waded out, his brother pulling at his pants
He dived down once and came back up, his brother in his arms
But he had no breath or strength left, so they both went back under
As they went beneath the surface, their brother called their names
As he paced along the bank, the still water smoothed again
And on Jimmy James he lay the blame
The final uncle stood there shouting curses up at God
He clawed at his skin till his nails filled with blood
He walked out in that water with pockets full of stones
And the last thing that he saw was Jimmy’s body still afloat