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In Jail in Jacksonville

Grado
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Grado
All I had was a roach it's true
Told the pigs what they could do
Then they found a couple of pounds
Too bad that cocaine was around

In jail in Jacksonville
In jail in Jacksonville

I was pretty high when the bust went down
Nodding and smiling, shuffling around
Now my life is just an utter mess
You can reach me at my new address

n jail in Jacksonville
In jail in Jacksonville

Didn't have a dime for a call
Public defender laughin in the hall
Took my prints, mugshots too
Pushed me down to cell block 2
Put me in with big bad John
Had to keep my mudflap on
Queens was screamin up a storm
Want my young body to keep them warm

In jail in Jacksonville
In jail in Jacksonville

Now I'm doin 11 months to 2
For a crime I 'course did not do
My lawyer's appealin, coppin a plea
Gonna sue for what they done to me

In jail in Jacksonville
In jail in Jacksonville

(What they do, Slim?)

Gave me a number, ring in my nose
Beat me senseless with a rubber hose
Kept me dirty, fed me swill
Didn't give me no medicine when I was ill

Had a hangnail, bad bad pain
Needed Demerol right away
Had an attack of the gout
Where was my morphine to help me out?

In jail in Jacksonville
In jail in Jacksonville

Root Boy Slim's just a number
Root Boy Slim's just a number

Workin in the prison laundry
Smellin like Clorox every day
Brain cells gone
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Grado
Cause mamas and papas was country too!

https://youtu.be/_imuFGXjzys?si=_5Q2sKfluanaOCcz
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Re: In Jail in Jacksonville

Jingles
Root and The Rootettes!  Sucks to be him in that first song!
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Mark M
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Jingles wrote
Root and The Rootettes!  Sucks to be him in that first song!
Yup, and here's the proof:  "Put me in with big bad John
Had to keep my mudflap on"
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Grado

lol!
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Grado
Back in the 70s there were places, zones,
parts of towns or cities that did look like this.  
Times Square in NYC, The Strip in Pittsburgh, I think it was The Combat Zone in Boston, TheBlock in Baltimore.

I dunno about the blow up dolls, never saw that, but hey,
you never know.  

This was Root Boys act at the height of his career.
 Basketball outfit and a cape.  
All torqued up thru a song or 2 and then act like he had a heart attack hit him.

He’d fall, head in the drums, and the guitar guy would bend over and act like he was giving him a line or 2.
Root would then jump up and go off again.

He wasn’t for everyone, you sure as heck didn’t take a nice girl to one of his shows.

But he was his own man.  
Outrageos, off the wall and over the top.

Ya Root Boy was a hell of a show.


https://youtu.be/roC_JLOcnxE?si=fF5xJoX_sVwl7Cx3
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Grado

Thrown out and banned from his college fraternity, by none other than frat brother George Bush, this one goes a bit closer than one might think……….

https://youtu.be/4KSLJm7psEs?si=nfmoTDuz2VX1jlCP
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Walter E
I bet they partied a bit before things went south