text: 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 mans play
  Into a house where the blinds are closed
  To keep from seeing things she dont 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 youre 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 youre settling for
  Because theres always just one more day
  And its always gonna be that way
  Little girl youve 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 dont 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 theres 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 its 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 darling can you understand
  The way that they will turn a man
  Into a stranger to waste away
  Down in the Jackson Cage