John Mellencamp - Jena Lyrics






An all white jury hides the executioner's face
See how we are, me and you?
Everyone here needs to know their place
Let's keep this blackbird hidden in the flue

Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Take your nooses down

So what becomes of boys that cannot think straight
Particularly those with paper bag skin
Yes sir, no sir, we'll wipe that smile right off your face
We've got our rules here and you must fit in

Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Take your nooses down

Some day some way sanity will prevail
But who knows when that day might come
A shot in the dark, well it just might find its way
To the hearts of those that hold the keys to kingdom come

Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Oh oh oh Jena
Take those nooses down

Oh oh hey Jena
Oh oh Jena
Oh oh Jena
Take your nooses down

Take those nooses all down





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  1. H.... ....

    this song says everything about sentencing people to death and also for the wrong reasons.

  2. R.... S....

    Watermeloncamp shouldn't be supporting spoonbill thugs.

  3. T.... T....

    I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

  4. K.... M....

    It's so funny that people actually believe this to be true. I live in this small town. This is my hometown. The idiot who created this song had no idea what had happened at all. The nooses in the tree happened first, which by the way, was cut down. The white kids were punished. Then the follow up of the white boy getting BEATEN by six black guys. This songwriter provided false information.  If the media wasn't trying to make a story out of every little small possible thing they could make a racial remark about, this would have been a story that didn't blow up like it did.  

  5. g.... ....

    John, please investigate the facts before you write platant errors, it gets everybody all stirred up. Besides the words, great song.