Jacky

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Jacky by Marc Almond

Jacky Lyrics

[00:23.39] "And if one day I should become
[00:24.97] A singer with a Spanish bum
[00:26.79] Who sings for women of great virtue
[00:30.54] I'd sing to them with a guitar
[00:32.30] I borrowed from a coffee bar
[00:34.21] Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
[00:38.09] My name would be Antonio
[00:39.72] And all my bridges I would burn
[00:42.12] And when I gave them some they'd know
[00:44.20] I'd expect something in return
[00:48.83] I'd have to get drunk every night
[00:51.35] And talk about virility
[00:53.00] With some old grandmother
[00:54.62] That might be decked out like a Christmas tree
[01:00.72] And no pink elephant I'd see
[01:02.55] Though I'd be drunk as I could be
[01:04.72] Still I would sing my song to me
[01:06.46] About the time they called me "Jacky"
[01:09.10] If I could be for only an hour
[01:12.79] If I could be for an hour every day
[01:16.85] If I could be for just one little hour
[01:21.28] Cute in a stupid ass way
[01:33.59] And if I joined the social whirl
[01:40.35] Became procurer of young girls
[01:42.54] Then I could have my own bordellos
[01:46.24] My record would be number one
[01:47.94] And I'd sell records by the ton
[01:49.94] All sung by many other fellows
[01:53.58] My name would then be handsome Jack
[01:55.44] And I'd sell boats of opium
[01:57.51] Whisky that came from Twickenham
[01:59.27] Authentic queens
[02:00.72] And phoney virgins
[02:05.02] I'd have a bank on every finger
[02:06.84] A finger in every country
[02:08.66] And every country ruled by me
[02:10.37] I'd still know where I'd want to be
[02:16.49] Locked up inside my opium den
[02:18.28] Surrounded by some china men
[02:20.02] I'd sing the song that I sang then
[02:22.02] About the time they called me "Jacky"
[02:25.08] If I could be for only an hour
[02:28.38] If I could be for an hour every day
[02:32.50] If I could be for just one little hour
[02:36.20] Cute in a stupid ass way
[03:03.96] Now, tell me, wouldn't it be nice
[03:11.13] That if one day in paradise
[03:13.16] I'd sing for all the ladies up there
[03:16.92] And they would sing along with me
[03:18.75] And we be so happy there to be
[03:20.65] 'Cos down below is really nowhere
[03:24.38] My name would then be "Jupiter"
[03:26.17] Then I would know where I was going
[03:28.06] Become all knowing
[03:29.87] My beard so very long and flowing
[03:35.86] If I could play deaf, dumb and blind
[03:37.62] Because I pitied all mankind
[03:39.51] And broke my heart to make things right
[03:41.55] I know that every single night
[03:46.94] When my angelic work was through
[03:48.98] The angels and the Devil too
[03:50.65] Could sing my childhood song to me
[03:52.69] About the time they called me "Jacky"
[03:56.02] If I could be for only an hour
[03:59.48] If I could be for an hour every day
[04:03.13] If I could be for just one little hour
[04:07.58] Cute in a stupid ass way"
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From the album: Tenement Symphony (Expanded)