Lumineers, The - Jimmy Sparks Lyrics

A masterpiece!

poor jimmy just earnd the bad habbits of his mother

Life got her ways to make you pay your debts, I hated Bonnie , I wanted a happy version >>>>> the best Album that I have ever ever listened to deserve 5 stars for it <3

Jimmy Sparks entrou em bares e abriu a sua boca
Disse algumas coisas para os homens feridos, coisas essas que eles não poderiam permitir
Quando se tratava de conversar, ele sempre fugia
Todo mundo sabia o que o homem tinha feito
Oh, ele vai te levar para um passeio

Jimmy acreditava no sonho americano
Um guarda da prisão, ele trabalhava duro para fazer um salário mínimo
Ele encontrou sua liberdade como um homem em uma cela, oh

Jimmy amava Bonnie e então ele virou pai de uma criança
Um menininho, mas a mãe tinha outras motivações para viver
Ela deixou o bebê com um bilhete na cama, oh

Era uma luta só para cobrir o aluguel
Suas muitas horas de prisão deixou o bebê doente
Ele precisava de dinheiro e precisava rápido
Eram 3 horas da manhã

Oh meu amor, oh meu amor
Você poderia poupar meu sangue, poupar meu sangue?

Jim acordou o seu filho e colocou o cinto nele no carro
Eles dirigiram por uma hora e encontraram uma casa de apostas
A garçonete tomou conta do garoto no bar, oh não

Depois de uma hora, Jimmy dobrou seu dinheiro
Ele pegou seu filho e seus ganhos, e como um jogador, só riu
Ele disse que eles vão embora, mas eles sempre voltam, isso é um fato

Na estrada, eles viram um estranho pelo farol do carro
Seu polegar estava levantado e seu filho perguntou se o homem estava bem
Jim disse que você nunca dá uma carona para um estranho, porque somos nós ou eles
Eram 3 horas da manhã

Oh meu amor, oh meu amor
Você poderia poupar meu sangue, poupar meu sangue?

20 anos se passaram e agora o menino é um homem
A mania do Jimmy quebrado, se atolou em montanhas e montanhas de dívidas
E agora os tubarões estão voltando para cobrar, oh-oh

Eles tiraram suas jóias e as botas dos pés de Jim
Eles o expulsam do carro e dizem te damos uma semana
13 quilômetros de casa e apenas -7 graus
Eram 3 horas da manhã

Oh meu amor, oh meu amor
Você poderia poupar meu sangue, poupar meu sangue?

Agora, o filho de Jimmy está tentando voltar para casa
Seu turno da noite terminou e começou a nevar
Ele vê um velho andando descalço sozinho
Eram 3 horas da manhã

Seu velho acenou com as mãos e com lágrimas nos olhos
Mas o filho de Jimmy acelerou e lembrou-se do conselho do papai
Não: Você nunca dá uma carona para um estranho, porque somos nós ou eles
Porque sou eu ou ele
Eram 3 da manhã, 3 da manhã

Theory: This Jimmy Sparks was the kid from Green Day’s video Jesus of Suburbia (Saint Jimmy).
Said mother “raised a Saint” in Donna. Also they have the same issues and it chronicles his issues with his alcoholic mother and gf.

WAIT “nightshade” and this song have the same rhythm and at a few points lyrics!
“Oh my love, oh my love
Could you spare my blood, spare my blood”
“He found his freedom like a man in a cage ooh”

Did any body not realize that in sleeping on the floor the album cleapatra and life in the city the 3rd album it says the same poem and if the subways flud and bridges break or will you rale against the dieing day

Ngl, wish the video followed the song better but still solid.

This sounds almost identical to the song “Nightshade” that the Lumineers made for Game of Thrones 8

Lol ikr

This actor is amazimg

Amazing**

Does Jimmy Sparks Remind Any One Else Of Some One In There Family. #Lumineers4President

Fucking masterpiece

did they change nightshade to this, or this to fit nightshade

this video and song gives me goosebumps everytime

I would guess Junior robbed a casino, not a bank, a bank wouldn’t be open before sunrise but a casino would. Also, jimmy supposedly had a gambling habit which would make Junior familiar with the casino.

It's just amazing music! I'm lucky to found this group 👍

This song is all about "Deal with the devil"

This is so much better than the game of thrones version.. Honest.

This is my favorite song, anyone else’s?

I can't stop listening to this album . Thank you Lumineers ❤️

I don't why but I cried like anything in this part...thank you 'the lumineers'

Sounds like night shade love it

I was so hyped when buddy finally lit his dart

It’s not quit 3am here, but Oh My Goodness this song and video is Powerful! Punch to the ❤️

Shit, that first drag, you know he means it.

I'm literally shaking, this is art.

does anyone ever want to just hug his son?

This song is literally their song Nighshade with a wig and mustache but I still love it so so much.

If the Revenant was anything like that It'd be my favorite movie. Watching a guy crawl his way back home. Beautiful

They basically converted this same music to Nightshade for the Game of Thrones

I agree, but that doesn't mean it is anyless touching and beautiful.:)

@le Rie this is now my fav song of theirs

@sugoto like it soooo much too!! 😍

Why am I in tears 😭

I had to take breaks through this. It was too much to take it all in in one sitting....

Because I obviously had to go back and re-watch Gloria😭 and Junior😔

So far in this series in my opinion the videos have been the most brilliant aspect but here I think it’s the song.

Lyrics here
https://youtu.be/KEh2jVG5Za8

Man this family is messed up

This sounds like Nightshade

Why I'm cryin'!?

Makes me realize people don't notice. And all we want is for someone to notice us deeply and truly.

Sadder than Cat's in the Cradle

Underrated band as fuck. You are a fucking artist and storyteller who move many souls and hearts. You deserve to be recognized by mainstream media.

oh wowwww loved this one!!

THIS IS TRULY AMAZING!!!

I LOVE THIS SONG AND BAND SO MUCH! WHO'S A GAME OF THRONES FAN HERE? CHECK OUT THERE SONG "NIGHTSHADE" WHAAAA

I can't believe how flipping amazing this is!!

This is just like the Game of Thrones song!?!??

Fkn loved the song! Didn’t like the video :(
It’s perfect story telling

This is the second song from the ‘Jimmy Sparks’ section of III. It tells the story of a single father with a troubled past who, desperate for money, turns to gambling which alienates him from his son, Junior.

This song takes heavily from the Lumineers earlier track “Nightshade” which was released as part of the 

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What have the artists said about the song?

‘Jimmy Sparks’ set us off on a course we hadn’t really intended. I’d written a ton of verses for it, and it just wasn’t working. It was an interesting story, but we wanted there to be a hook; we wanted to find a way to relieve the listener and not just keep pummeling them with verse after verse. The Felice Brothers tell stories really well in their songs, and when Simone heard ‘Jimmy Sparks,’ he said, ‘This is definitely gonna make the record, and here’s how we’re gonna do it.’ At that point it became this interesting puzzle, where we had these clearly defined characters. And when we went backward and looked at the fact that I had some of these themes and characters, I realized we could create a world where they could all live together, that we could create a bigger story—the study of a family.

— Schultz for the Lumineers' website

The best guys ❤️❤️

Same melody as nightshade teehee

The melody is the same as “Nightshade”

listen to this song at speed 1.5x

Very dark and atmospheric album. Their best yet!

[Verse 1]
Jimmy Sparks went into bars and opened up his mouth
Said some things to wounded men that they could not allow
When it came to talking, he was always on the run
Everyone knew what the man had done
Oh, he'll take you for a ride
Jimmy believed in the American way
A prison guard, he worked hard and made the minimum wage
He found his freedom lockin’ men in a cage, oh
Jimmy loved Bonnie and he fathered a kid
A baby boy, but the mother had other reasons to live
She left the baby with a note on the bed, oh
It was a struggle just to cover the rent
His jail cut hours and now his little baby was sick
He needed money and he needed it quick
It was 3 AM

[Chorus]
Oh, my love, oh, my love
Could you spare my blood, spare my blood?

[Verse 2]
Jim woke his son and buckled him in the car
They drove an hour from town and found a gambling hall
The waitress babysat the boy at the bar, oh no
After an hour, Jimmy doubled his cash
He took his kid and his winnings as the dealer just laughed
He said they leave, but then they always come back, that's a fact
Out on the road, they caught a stranger in the lights
His thumb was up and his son asked if the man was alright
Jim said you never give a hitcher a ride 'cause it’s us or them
It was 3 AM

[Chorus]
Oh, my love, oh, my love
Could you spare my blood, spare my blood?

[Verse 3]
20 years gone and now the boy is a man
Broke Jimmy's habits, got in mountains and mountains of debt
And now the sharks are coming back to collect, oh-oh
They stripped his jewelry and the boots off Jim's feet
They kick him out of the car and say we'll give you a week
Eight miles from home and only 18 degrees
It was 3 AM

[Chorus]
Oh, my love, oh, my love
Could you spare my blood, spare my blood?

[Verse 4]
Now Jimmy's son is trying to make his way home
His graveyard shift had ended and it was starting to snow
He sees an old man walking barefoot alone
It was 3 AM
His old man waved his hands with tears in his eyes
But Jimmy's son just sped up and remembered daddy's advice
No, you don't ever give a hitcher a ride ’cause it’s us or them
'Cause it’s me or him
It was 3 AM, 3 AM

this song is honestly such a work of art, like when i first heard it i had chills the whole time. it's so haunting both in the music and the lyrics, and it tells such a tragic story. the repetition of "it's us or them," to "it's me or him," finally to "it was three a.m.," is just so beautiful GAHH i love this song the most off this whole album, but obviously the entire album and the music videos are unique and unlike anything else out there right now! thank u lumineers, for being so genuine and honest in your art <3

That melody of Nightshades perfectly fits for Jimmy 💯

Theory for part 10:


Jimmy Sparks tries to find painkiller in an animal hospital where he is incapacitated by a woman named Katherine Brewster. They are soon attacked by a creepy yet super hot robot, only to be saved by a ripped cybernetic organism with a funny Austrian accent. The android reveals that Jimmy's real name is John Connor and Katherine is his future wife due to the fact that she's a healthy female of breeding age.

I had to apply for leave just to watch part 10

I get older vibes with this song - like eagles esque with the story

Who's the women? I thought jimmy was Gloria's husband?

That's Bonnie, Jimmy's wife and Junior's mother who left them.

I think Jimmy Sparks path is the same one I'm on. Fuck that's depressing

Wow, that was sad as shit!

Omg Nightshade!

The lyrics are same/correlated with the song 'Nightshade' that they have sung for Game of Thrones.

Ok hear me out:
I’m seriously convinced Gloria is actually “singing” leader of the landslide, and talking about her mother. In the lyrics from “Donna”, it says “you told your daughter she was ordinary.” But neither Gloria or Jimmy have daughters, so I think this is referencing Donna calling Gloria ordinary. I think Donna was an alcoholic or abusive mother, if not both, and I think Donna was the leader of the landslide. It’s also the first song on the album, making it the leader of this album, and essentially calling Donna the leader of the landslide. I think this allllll goes back to her, and how she royally fucked this poor family up.

This is one of the best songs ever 😍 the story is amazing and like it makes you feel things, and it is what music should be

Both Gloria and Junior left their family bleeding on the road

Is the car passing by towards the end Junior not picking him up? Like the lyrics in the song says?

My favorite on the entire album

The Lumineers deserves a Grammy awards

fuck this one is especially heartbreaking

Music video makes all the songs significantly more powerful

O único defeito é não ter nenhuma tour aqui no Brasil

NOTHING good happens after 3 A.M.

Then it's a guy

Pure art!

The lyrics are always deep😍. Love this band

4:52 chills

Nick Stahl is perfect in this role. Hope he does more after this.

Didn't like it but then it started growing on

your a joke Jimmy an as for the lumineers I wrote their best song's in twentythirteen an twentyfourteen under Brent Micheal in twentythirteen an twentyfourteen word porn also on my page Brent randel I wrote how'd they'd do their new cover with Roman ones with pictures of them in it in twentysixteen or the middle of twentyfifteen also I have no reason to lie

Psst no one cares you stuck up bitch

literally wow. that part forms the whole story. and is a total price 👌🏼👏🏻👏🏻

Check out my choreography to Sleep on the Floor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qokakpX-Xto

this voice always causes all the pain in me to flow out
I hate it and I love it at the same time
and absolutely can't live without it
what would my life be without music,
without The Lumineers?

so donna was the lady in the flashbacks in the first video called donna and gloria was her daughter who threw the bottle at her husband and crashed the car. Donna has dark brown hair and she and her husband built the yellow house theyre all in. the guy in this video is their son (jimmy) bc hes seen living in the same house and is also fucked up. I think gloria never returned home and that guy from the accident she was married to died. I can tell if jimmy is that guy from the bar gloria hooked up with or if its gloria's husbands baby. After they hooked up they showed sperm and egg colliding but she drank sooo much after idk if the baby survived but its possible. The younger kid (jimmys son) is Junior who's mom either died or ran away from home and left him with his dad Jimmy. His mom is the lady that was sitting on his bed after they buried his dog. His dad spiraled out of control after she died and his whole life was constantly being left and betrayed (like the lady he hooked up w in the motel that robbed him)




so to sum up the family tree:


donna + her husband built the house


they had a daughter named gloria who married that ginger(?) guy in the first clip of the first video


they had a son named jimmy who may or may not be gloria's husbands son


he married a woman named bonnie who left him


they had a son named junior

Listen to this in 1,25 speed

Everyone has it wrong IMO. Junior isn't gonna just break the cycle by running away from it all. He's gonna save his dad too.

It resembles Nightshade a little

VEEEEEEI

that's sound like nightshade (there are amost the same songs) and i love it omg.. I want to see you on Paris but I Don't know if I can yet. I love your work

This song was heartbreaking

is it okay that the rhythm is the same as 'Nightshade's'? song is perfection!!!

did anyone else think that the car at the end was gonna actually show jimmys son in it?

Every time they release a new movie, I feel the need to go back and watch them all in a row.

I want to watch this in all it's uncompressed beauty.

ITS CRAZY HOW MUCH THE LUMINEERS HAS MATURED. THIS IS ART, THIS IS MUSIC, THIS IS PASSION, AND WE RE SO LUCKY TO BE THEIR AUDIENCE.

Was dead sure I was going to see junior in that car that past Jimmy

lyrics ! i need the lyrics!!

This song really reminds me of nightshade

For Jimmy, it was all.. for a throne!