Jacks Shadow Lyrics by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Jacks Shadow Lyrics

    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

    Jack wept and kissed his shadow
    "goodbye"
    Spat from their dirty dungeons
    Into a truly different din
    Shat from their institutions
    Into a fully 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 tracked his shadow down

    Said the shadow to jack henry
    "what's wrong?"
    Jack said "a home is not a hole"
    "and shwdow, you're just a gallow that i hang my body from"
    "o shadow, your a shackle from wich my time is never done"
    Then he peeled his shadow off in strips
    He peeled his shadow off in strips
    Then kneeled his shadow on some steps
    And cried "what have i done?"

    And the sun it shined
    And the sun it shined
    I say "love is blind"
    "and is it any wonder?!"
    "and is it any wonder?!"

    Jacked and his damned shadow
    Is gone
    And though each one of us are want to duly mourn
    And though each one of us are want to duly mourn
    'tis done in brighter corners now
    'tis done in brighter corners now
    Now that jack's black shadow's gone

    And the sun it shined
    And the sun it shined

    And the sun it shined
    A little stronger

    I swear, love is blind
    Ooh, love is blind
    Yeah, love is blind
    And is it any wonder?

    'tis done in brighter corners now
    'tis done in brighter corners now
    Now that jack's black shadow's gone

    Etcetera etcetera

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