"The True Story of Jack the Shack Man" genre: Country General
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	A song about one of Hookstown's neighbors...
	Credits: (c) 2001 Brown & Brown
	Lyrics The True Story of Jack the Shack Man A quarter mile down the road from me, in a rickety one-room shack Lived a poor old man with nothing more than The clothes that hung on his back He didn't seem to have any family and he really didn't have any friends But if you'd catch his eye, he'd wave and say hi He was Jack, the shack man from down around the bend Chorus: He'd say: I've got the tall trees standin' over me A bluejay feedin' a family And a million crickets singin' me off to sleep I've got a little caterpillar on a leafy vine The moon and stars, well they're all mine He'd say, "You feel bad for me but don't worry how I feel... Cause old Jack, the shack man has more than most ever will" Yeah, old Jack, the shack man, has more than I ever will He did his reading by candle-light and his favorite book was John And if you'd listen close you could hear each verse As he read 'em out loud and strong No running water, no TV and he never had a telephone But to have that old man's insight, I'd trade it all away... Everything I own Chorus: He'd say: I've got the tall trees standin' over me A bluejay feedin' a family And a million crickets singin' me off to sleep I've got a little caterpillar on a leafy vine The moon and stars, well they're all mine He'd say, "You feel bad for me but don't worry how I feel... Cause old Jack, the shack man has more than most ever will" Yeah, old Jack, the shack man, has more than I ever will Bridge: One night the shack burnt to the ground and I knew old Jack was gone 'Said the only thing that didn't burn was that Bible's book of John They said he passed on in his sleep but I know part of him stayed Cause every once in a while the crickets quiet down And I can hear that old man say... Chorus: He'd say: I've got the tall trees standin' over me A blue-jay feedin' a family And a million crickets singin' me off to sleep I've got a little caterpillar on a leafy vine The moon and stars, well they're all mine He'd say, "You feel bad for me but don't worry how I feel... Cause old Jack, the shack man has more than most ever will" Yeah, old Jack, the shack man, had more than I ever will (c)2001 Brown & Brown

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