[Verse 1]
I don't know the sound of my father's voice
I don't even know how he says my name
But it plays out like a song on a jukebox in a bar
In the back of my head 'til it's a worrying machine

[Verse 2]
And in the cotton fields out by the house where I was born
The leaves burn like effigies of my kin
The trains run like snakes through the Pentecostal pines
Filled up with cotton and dime store gin

[Chorus]
Oh Jacksonville, how you burden my soul
How you hold all my dreams captive
Jacksonville, how you play with my mind
Oh my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines
In Jacksonville

[Refrain]
The end, the end, the end

[Verse 3]
All the cars are lined up on a Saturday night
With a sky full of nothing but moon
And I lose my reflection in the bottles of wine
'Til the morning comes down and I ain't nothing but you
[Verse 4]
At the diner in the morning for a plate of eggs
The waitress tries to give me change, I say, "Nah, it's cool, just keep it"
And I read up my news, I start thinking 'bout her
And I wonder if anybody here besides me has got any decent secrets

[Chorus]
Oh Jacksonville, how you burden my soul
How you hold all my dreams captive
Jacksonville, how you play with my mind
How my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines
In Jacksonville

[Refrain]
The end, the end, the end