The Fallen Stars

Lyrics

Inspired by Firefly episode 7, Jaynestown. A new look at what really happened to "The Hero of Canton." Original lyrics and music written by Ben Edlund, new lyrics written by The Fallen Stars.

THE TRUE STORY OF THE HERO OF CANTON

Jayne! The man they call Jayne!

He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
(I hope they don’t remember)
Stood up to the man and he gave him what for
(The last time I was here)
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
(I just can’t explain)
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne


Now Jayne saw the mudders' backs breakin'
(What kind of town puts up a statue)
He saw the mudders' lament
(For stealing from the magistrate?)
And he saw the Magistrate takin'
(This flies in the face of)
every dollar and leavin' five cents
(every kind of sense)


He said "You can't do that to my people,
(I’m just a working stiff like you)
You can't crush them under your heel
(Rut-ting Mud-ders)
Jayne strapped on his hat and in five seconds flat
(Don’t know a hero)
stole everything Boss Higgins had to steal
(From a man looking for his next meal)


He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
(I hope they don’t remember)
Stood up to the man and he gave him what for
(The man I used to be)
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
(I just can’t explain)
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne


Now here is what separates heroes
(The anti aircraft had us humped)
From common folk like you and I
(We dumped the fuel, the gear, the seats)
The man they call Jayne, well he turned 'round
(Well I turned ‘round)
That plane and let that money hit the sky
(That plane and let my partner hit the sky)


He dropped it onto our houses
(He grabbed the cash on his way out)
He dropped it onto our yards
(Thirty feet down)
The man they call Jayne, he stole away our pain
(Goes old Stitch,and like a sumbitch)
And headed out for the stars
(I headed out for the stars)


He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
(Someday I’ll earn that title)
Stood up to the man and he gave him what for
(Those mudders gave to me)
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
(I’ll live up to that name)
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne