5:15 to Jacksonville
The Downstreamers
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He took the 5:15 to Jacksonville All the papers said he grew up there Left when a hurricane took down the family home Hadn't been back for thirty-two years His father played drums in a jazz band His mother painted nails by the pier And his brother was swallowed into the ocean But that was a long time ago At twenty years old, he came to the city He used to sleep on the subway at night Paid rent for the first time at age twenty-two Made his first million at age twenty-five He said he always had a thing for numbers Said he could speak to them if he tried Now he's got a couple stories on the Upper West Side And the best friends money can by Thirty years old, he got his face in the magazines Most eligible bachelor in the state of New York But things like that, they don't last forever You wake up and you're bald and covered in stretch marks Always was smart about saving his money Always knew just how to say no You could see him in bars all through Lower Manhattan Pushing fifty and raring to go There's a storm blowing up the Barrier Islands Looks like it'll break on through to the shore Pretty soon this whole coastline will be underwater The waves will crash and the ocean will roar He took a long black train to Jacksonville Rode it straight through the night Called a cab to take him to the dockyards Walked until he was well out of sight Driver said he had a bottle of whiskey Mumbling somethin' about somethin' below That night there were searchlights off Amelia Island But they knew damn well there was only one place he could go
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