Jack Knives and Cannonballs

from BORN A GENIUS by John Pippus

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A look back at childhood. I didn't know if it was a song when I took it to the studio - there's no real chorus. But Michael Nowak at Saga Recording liked it and said I could end it by just repeating the first two lines. Simple but effective.

lyrics

Jack knives and cannonballs
And days that never end
Mothers call their children home
But they’ll be back again

Comic heroes drifting in the sky
Playing hide and seek
When you close your eyes at night
Pray the Lord your soul to keep

Chairs in rows, playing and guessing games
Lions in a cage
The shadows growing longer
As we learn to act our age

I’m sorry that I left you there
Without a second glance
Caught up in a cold world
You didn’t stand a chance

Maybe I’ll go back one day
To the place where I was blessed
And do a running header there
It just might be my best

Jack knives and cannonballs
And days that never end

© John Pippus 2010

credits

from BORN A GENIUS, released 15 September 2010
9) Jack Knives and Cannonballs 2:34
John Pippus: Guitar and vocal
Michael Nowak: Recording

© 2010 John Pippus (SOCAN)