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Daly City Train Lyrics

He was an artist and a writer
And a poet and a friend
In a man's life he will take a fall
But how low he goes it just depends

He's shooting dope in the men's room
At the station, daly city train
Have you ever seen an angel
Well, I know I have
They'll stay here for a while and then they'll fly away

Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here

Some grown up and some grow old
But what about the kid who never learned the rules
Spent all these years on this earth
When you look back, it's just a flicker of time

Jackyl was one of the one's that
He was one of the one's that was already saved
Through all this evil and wreckage,yeah
He maintained a sense of himself

Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here

Some men are in prison even though they walk the streets at night
Other men who got the lockdown are free as a bird in flight

Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here
Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
When he rolled the dice, you know he never thought twice
Never thought twice about being here
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Submitted by
kpizzle On Nov 25, 2001
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While I can't say for sure, it's most likely about someone that Armstrong personally knew. His lyrics are usually very literal.

My best guess is that it is about someone who was a drug addict and shunned by the general public but who Armstrong developed a personal relationship with and found to be a very beautiful person.

He says how low he goes it just depends, and follows that with shooting dope in the mens room. That's a pretty low moment moment in most people's opinions. However he follows that up with Have you ever seen an angel?...

I believe the song is about a real person who either died or disappeared, and Armstrong is writing a sort of homage to this person.

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anyone ever notice that the solo sounds liek it is the theme from E.T. or something it sounds really familiar to me but i cant pin piont what it sounds liek it came from. but i think it might be E.T. or am i just hearing things.

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fuck, man. what ever happened to unity and love...ease up rejekt. we all love you.

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Jackyl is mentioned again in the lyrics for Rats in the Hallway

Johnny bought some shit down on market st. Shoot up boot up the human target He hit the dirty spike when he hit the scene It's easy to stay dirty when nothing is clean Johnny's a writer who tags up jackal Jackel just clamped on unclampable shackles Rout up shoot up some dope to go like legal currency It's money it's like that rat tat tat Kid got shot point blank in the back My land lord said not to be bumming He was a cocaine stoop and he had it coming He was only 12 years old He was in the blizzard, he got shot for being cold It don't seem right, tonight hit the lights alright Watch the roaches run into the darkest room Junkie drunken bum Rats in the hallway again

Do you perhaps know the meaning of "how bout the hour in a system that ended in a one way line". I having been locked up am assuming he means they got locked up for some dumb misdemeanor and immediately got processed in and out with all the other similar cases.?.

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Rancid kicks Fuckin ASS YEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The lyrics to this song are awesome i love it. rancid are punk they blink 182 and sum 41 look like stupid year 7's or freshmans to those great americans

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maybe i'm just really dumb and unhip, but who is jackyl?

"Johnny's a writer who tags up jackal".. this is a line from rats in the hallway ...end of debate..possibly the same johnny from the other songs as well

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yeah, who's this song about? is it about some specific person or just like some character who is known only as Jackyl? this is a beautiful song. and even know you posted last september, terraryzin, dont insult blink182. you say they seem like they're in 7th grade, but you seem like you're in fifth grade when you purposely bring them up just to insult them. grow up, you're lame. woo hoo, go rancid.

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i dunno i kinda think the solo sounds like the pulp fiction theme song. you know that little thing on the guitar thats like a surfer thing... difficult to explain. but pulp fiction theme.

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idiots. just because it says jakyl doesnt mean hes an actual person. he may be a fictional character