Jacks Shadow
Nick Cave
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They dragged Jack and his shadow From the hole And the bulb that burned above him Did shine both day and night And his shadow learned to love his Little darks and greater light And the sun it shined And the sun it shined And the sun it shined A little longer (A little stronger) Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye" Spat from their dirty dungeons Into a fully different din Shat from their institutions Into a truly different din And his shadow soon became a wife And children plagued his latter life Until one night he took a skinning knife And stole into the town And Jack tracked his shadow down Said the shadow to Jack Henry "What's wrong?" Jack said "Our home is not a hole" "And shadow, you're just a gallow that I hang my body from" "Oh Shadow, you're a shackle from which my time is never done" Then he peeled his shadow off in strips He peeled his shadow off in strips Then he kneeled his shadow on some steps And cried "What have I done?" Yeah, and the sun it shined Oh, the sun it shined I say "Love is blind" "And is it any wonder?" "Is it any wonder?" Jack and his damned shadow Is gone And though each one of us are want to duly mourn Yes, and though each one of us are want to duly mourn 'Tis done in brighter corners now 'Tis done in brighter corners now It's done in the brighter corners now That Jack's black shadow is gone Yeah, Jack's black shadow is gone Yeah, and the sun it shines I said sun it shines Yeah and the sun it shined (A little stronger) is it any wonder? Is it wonder that? (Is it any wonder?) Love is blind I said "Love is blind" I said "Love is blind" And a little stronger A little stronger It's done in brighter corners now 'Tis done in brighter corners now 'Tis done in brighter corners now Now that Jack's black shadow's gone Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone And I swear love is blind Yeah, love is blind Yeah, love is blind And who can blame our bloody blunders Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, the sun it shines Oh, the sun it shined The sun it shined But when I can't remember (I can't remember) But it's done in brighter corners now It's done in the brighter corners now Yeah, done in the brighter corners now Done in the brighter corners now Done in the brighter corners now Now that Jack's black shadow's gone That Jack's black shadow's gone That Jack's black shadow's gone That Jack's black shadow's gone That Jack's black shadow's gone
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Written by: Michael Harvey, Nicholas Cave
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