Tom: C
Intro:
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Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise.
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He's on house arrest and he sits around and sighs.
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We brought him food from Panera Bread, the snoring son rolled out of bed,
Am G
He talked about his ninety Corvette, his warehouse job, and his knee replacement.
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Jim Wise mercy killed his wife in a hospital at her bedside,
Am G
And he put the gun to his head and it jammed and he didn't die.
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He awaits trial all summer long and his eyes welled up when he told us
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about how much she loved the backyard garden and the budding rosebush.
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She loved the garden, and its budding rosebush.
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Spent the day with my dad, and his friend Jim Wise.
C F C
Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise.
Am G
He's got a big thick ankle bracelet and he can't go outside.
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He's got a long white Amish man's beard and a catheter,
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And he'll be headed to Mansfield prison by the end of the year for sure.
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His shelves are sticky old ratty boards,
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His albums are The Doors and Stevie Nicks,
Am
His kitchen cabinets are full of baked beans,
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His TV is silent, words flash across the screen
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and he stares off into dead air.
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Jim Wise killed his wife out of love for her at her bedside.
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And then he put the gun to his head but he failed at suicide.
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His trial's coming up in the fall and he sighed when we stepped out and we left.
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And I pointed out the pretty cardinal perched on the empty birdbath.
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The bright red cardinal, the empty birdbath.
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Spent the day with my dad and his friend Jim Wise.
