Driving home she grabs something to eat
Turns a corner and drives down her street
Into a row of houses she just melts away

Like the scenery in another man's play
Into a house where the blinds are closed
To keep from seeing things she don't wanna know

She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street
The cool of the night takes the edge off the heat


In the Jackson Cage
Down in the Jackson Cage
You can try with all your might

But you're reminded every night
That you been judged and handed life
Down in the Jackson Cage


Every day ends in wasted motion
Just crossed swords on the killing floor

To settle back is to settle without knowing
The hard edge that you're settling for
Because there's always just one more day

And it's always gonna be that way
Little girl you've been down here so long
I can tell by the way that you move you belong to


The Jackson Cage
Down in Jackson Cage

And it don't matter just what you say
Are you tough enough to play the game they play
Or will you just do your time and fade away

Down into the Jackson Cage

Baby there's nights when I dream of a better world

But I wake up so downhearted girl
I see you feeling so tired and confused
I wonder what it's worth to me or you

Just waiting to see some sun
Never knowing if that day will ever come
Left alone standing out on the street

Till you become the hand that turns the key down in

Jackson Cage

Down in Jackson Cage
Well darlin' can you understand
The way that they will turn a man

Into a stranger to waste away
Down in the Jackson Cage