TRAGEDY KNOWS OUTCAST JOES - Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell sings this song. He also did all the instrumentation and arrangement.
Stan loves music, is published (EMI/Capitol), and has experience performing on radio and TV when it was live in the good old days. These days he's just writing
Songwriter of pop, country, inspirational songs. I like to write. I travel a lot to Asia...so my music may have an Asian influence.
Lyrics
VERSE 1
On every street there sleeps a kid who has lost his glory,
Secrecy falls in love with his own sad story,
Same plots that tragedy knows,
Braided tales of woe,
When Satan wields his black magic,
The mystery dives below…Ooooooh
VERSE 2
On a city mall where blue suits are sold to high class gentiles,
The owner calls for help to move the sleeping pile,
The pain that tragedy shows,
He’s got nowhere to go,
The city slums of welfare bricks,
Are filled with outcast Joes!
CHORUS
Tragedy knows outcast Joes,
In the halls of darkness,
Tragedy knows downcast Joes,
In valleys so defenseless.
Instrumental
VERSE 3
House of tears where mama yearns for the babe she bore,
The sapling that she once planted, now a sycamore,
She begs for him to show,
But only deaf ears know,
When Satan leaves his calling card,
It brings back tears of old…Ooooooh
VERSE 4
He doesn’t hear his mama cry, his tears feel no compassion,
He wonders why he suffers on when a warm bed beckons,
He stands to pack and go,
The pay phone says “hello”,
When he says “collect”, the finger clicks,
Old Pride gains undertow …
CHORUS
Tragedy knows outcast Joes,
In the halls of darkness,
Tragedy knows downcast Joes,
In valleys so defenseless.
Ooooooh (tragedy knows) … Ooooooh (tragedy knows) … Ooooooh
