Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

0:00- 0:23

Verse

0:24- 1:09

"Joliet," she says, "is the darkest part of a man..."

 It's angry and slick

into those letters writes through herself each time

 that she thinks of him

Trips her way down south, into mystery's mouth

 and he follows her there

It's what she doesn't say that makes you want to stay

 and try to comfort her

Chorus

1:10- 1:32

 I talked to the cousins of people who knew you

 I asked them the questions they expected to hear, like

maybe a killing went down in your town

maybe it's the prison or the birth of barbed wire

1:33- 1:44

Verse

1:45- 2:30

"Joliet," she says, "is the darkest part of a man..."

 It's shaped like liberty's bell

it's cracked and common law, stretched out over it's flaws

 just like an ink-less well

The hanging judge in town records her comments down

 she saves the crowd the truth

 and deals with it herself, fills that hollow well,

 with nothing left to prove

Chorus

2:31- 2:53

 I talked to the mountains and streams that pushed through there

 I talked to the trees that had no fruit to bear

to the colorless people that sat there beneath her

curled up and stared

2:54- 3:17 (SOLO)

3:18- 3:51 (SOLO & band)

Chorus

3:52- end

 I talked to the cousins of people who knew you

 I asked them the questions they expected to hear, like

maybe a killing went down in your town

maybe it's the prison or the birth of barbed wire... Joliet

(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.

Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.