Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead lyrics

When you got no more assurance

Than a great big hunk o' lead

If you don't respond to romance

Jack, you're dead

When a chick is smilin' at you

Even though there's nothin' said

You stand there like a statue

Jack, you're dead

You been always kickin'

But you stubbed your toes

When you ups and kicks the bucket

Just like ole man Mose'

When you get no kicks from lovin'

And you blow your top instead

It's a fact that you ain't livin'

Jack, you're dead

(instrumental break)

When you just ain't got nobody

Since you gone and lost your head

Rigor mortis has set in, daddy

Jack, you're dead

What's the use of havin' muscles

If your life hangs by a thread

If you ain't got no red corpuscles

Jack, you're dead

You been always kickin'

But you stubbed your toes

When you ups and kicks the bucket

Just like ole man Mose'

When you get no kicks from lovin'

And the news begins to spread

All the cats will holler "murder"

Jack, you're dead

All the breath has leaked out of you

If your friends gather round the bed

And look at you and say

"Mm mm, don't he look natural?"

When that happens to you, daddy

Jack, you're dead

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