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Jackie

from Cry A Little by Kate Bankston

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His name wasn't Jackie.

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I couldn't help it when he walked in the room
I couldn't see, the temperature, it even dropped too
Where was the line discerning wrong and right
Inside my head with no will to fight

Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because you know, I'm just dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press them behind cold glass
To keep their memory locked up right
Tell me, when you see them rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?

He looked at me, and he knew
I was the flower with the stem that he'd be cutting through
To add to his collection was his only design
Never knew that this flower had a knife and a mind

Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie.
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because you know, I'm just dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press them behind cold glass
To keep their memory locked up tight
Tell me, when you see them rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?

Tell me, let me hear your confession
Come on and tell me, Jackie, love
Why did you pick this profession?
Now come on and tell me, is it working out like you knew that you knew that you knew it would?
And come on tell me Jackie boy will you ever do what you damn well know that you should?

Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie.
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because as a flower, I'm dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press us behind cold glass
To keep our memory locked up tight
Tell me, when you see us rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?

I was Jackie's flower
You might be too
Here we are in the dead flower zoo
Doing what all the dead flowers do

"What I need from you is for you to just say that you're sorry--that you could have handled this better."

"Look, I'm not gonna give you some sort of mia culpa. The fact that...the fact that I'm even having this conversation with you right now should be enough to show you that I care. [pause] Are you there? Hello?"

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from Cry A Little, released December 5, 2020
Kate Bankston, music, lyrics, vocals, & keys
Jmichael Peeples, guitar
Fred Burrell, drums
Reggie Sullivan, Bass
Nick Kervin, trumpet & flugel horn

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Kate Bankston Columbia, South Carolina

Kate Bankston is a musician and songwriter from Columbia, SC. Flirting with jazz, soul, and pop, she writes without drawing a boundary line between genres. Her sound is influenced by artists such as Lake Street Dive while vocally you can hear Amy and Nina shine through. The songs this album the truth in a winsome way that allows listeners to connect with moments on their own journey. ... more

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