A Town Called Jubilee

Album: The Diving Board (2013)
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  • Lily pulled a horseshoe from a pile of junk
    Said I'm gonna keep this good luck piece
    Of iron inside my truck
    The boy just whispered OK
    And grabbed his old black dog
    As we piled on in and cut out through
    That late November fog

    Dull as a plowshare rusting in the yard
    Old Cotton grinned and waved goodbye
    While the auctioneers all played cards
    On every other Sunday
    I'd walk down to Moe's and back
    Eat a t-bone steak, watch a picture show,
    For a dollar and a half

    Come on little sister get up offa my knee
    Gonna settle down someday
    In a town called Jubilee
    Come on brother Jake
    Break on out and a break free
    Gonna set things right and set up a house
    In a town called Jubilee

    That fog came out of nowhere
    Short of what I can tell
    Hand to hand we passed that bucket
    Up and down from the well
    Gone to California
    Used to be what folks would say
    Down around these parts if it was me
    I'd have hoped that west bound stage

    Come on little sister get up offa my knee
    Gonna settle down someday
    In a town called Jubilee
    Come on brother Jake
    Break on out and a break free
    Gonna set things right and set up a house
    In a town called Jubilee

    One less hallelujah
    A little less sympathy
    Lily and Jake, the old black dog
    A pinewood box, a rocking horse
    All gone to Jubilee

    Come on little sister get up offa my knee
    Gonna settle down someday
    In a town called Jubilee
    Come on brother Jake
    Break on out and a break free
    Gonna set things right and set up a house
    In a town called Jubilee Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Elton John
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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