I wasn't there the day Jackie Brown
Rolled down the hill and into town
Not even a pail to fetch his water
And he met Jill, the mountie's daughter
There's many versions of the tale they tell
How he ended up in that jail cell
Robbed a band or a liquor store
Stabbed a dealer while trying to score
Mugged a priest and shot him dead
Or seduced young Jill when his skin was red
Two details are the same every time
There's no record of his crime
Thrown in jail without being booked
Somehow the paperwork got overlooked
The other thing that doesn't change
No matter how the stories range
When the church rang its morning bell
They found Jackie hanging in his cell
Must've been the guilt over whatever he'd done
This weren't no frame-up job with a thrown-down gun
It weren't the mountie who'd choked out his breath
Had an alibi for the time of death
At home with Jill while Jackie swung dead
At least that's what the constable said
Everybody knows, everybody says
Would never have happened if Jackie stayed on the rez
So why did Jackie roll down the hill?
His sister was missing, probably killed
Posted her picture all over town
And a girl named Jill thought she'd seen her around
Saw her get in a car with a man Jill knew
With a badge of gold and a vest of blue
Six months ago, or maybe more
No one notices one less squaw whore
Jill lead him to the station and showed him the man
Who put his sister in the back of a Crown Vic sedan
She waited outside until she heard the shouts
Jackie walked in but he never walked out
At dinner that night the mountie's daughter
Passed the salt and asked her father
What happened to the man who rolled into town
Looking for the missing Rosie Brown
He said it weren't no concern of hers
And asking questions would only make it worse
Everybody knows, everybody says
Would never have happened if they'd stayed on the rez
No one's talking, but everyone knows
What happened to Jackie and his sister Rose
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