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Case 795 (The Family)

This version of Case 795 (The Family) was released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1993.

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Tony Jones stabbed Alice Jones
On their first anniversary
Down in Dallas, Texas
In a small apartment
With nobody present.
He pulled out a knife
And he stuck it to her.
He left her bleeding
On the floor in the kitchen
With cake on her fingers
And her wedding ring holding.
In her hand was a note
That said the wicked must suffer
And he drove off quickly
To his girlfriend’s apartment.
But who really suffers in the end?
It’s easy enough for us to pretend that

Everything’s all right with the family.
Everything is safe here at home.
Everything’s all right with the family.
The beds are made but there’s no sheets on.

From the courtroom stand
Tony said he was sorry.
That he was sad and mixed up,
And he didn’t know what he was doing,
That he’d always loved Alice
And he begged for forgiveness.
So he threw himself
On the mercy of the jury
And he told how his father
Had beat and abused him
Back in grade school
In the basement den,
And that maybe prison
Was the best thing for him.
And he said, “Oh God, can you forgive me?” yeah
But who really suffers in the end?
It’s easy enough for us all to pretend that

Everything’s all right with the family.
Everything is safe here at home.
Everything’s all right with the family.
The beds are made but there’s no sheets on.

How many days does it take to make us weak?
And how many hours do people spend lonely?
In the heart of the heart the family lay dying
The ruin of a nation lies at our feet, yeah.

Everything’s all right with the family.
Everything is safe here at home.
Everything’s all right with the family.
The beds are made but there’s no sheets on.

Everything’s all right with the family.
Everything is safe here at home.
Everything’s all right with the family.
The beds are made but there’s no sheets on.

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John Cougar Mellencamp has released many songs over the years besides Case 795 (The Family). John Cougar Mellencamp released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography, John Cougar, Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, American Fool, The Kid Inside, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, Dance Naked, Mr. Happy Go Lucky, John Mellencamp, Rough Harvest, Cuttin' Heads, Trouble No More, and Freedom's Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Cougar Mellencamp.

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