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ELVIS COSTELLO lyrics : "Jack Of All Parades"

When we first met I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you
And the world walked round my mouth

They lit me up and they snuffed me out

[Chorus:]

And I was everybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart

Or the Jack of all parades

You won't know who to thank

You won't know who to blame
It's just a part of the Murdering Game
'Cos down in the fleshpots

Where they pay you in pounds
They're laughing like drains
And baying like bloodhounds

For the Jack of all parades
The Jack of all parades


Once I knew a girl
That looked so much like Judy Garland
That people would stop and give her money

And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby
Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,

Oh the Jack, of all Parades.

Now the way that I feel is no longer news

You know my love and how to refuse it
Cause you know where the door is
And how to use it

Oh you know you do

But from my chequered past

To this shattered terrace
Where you can't keep your mind off
the Crimes of Paris

And you can't keep your peace
And try to forget it
And I can't forgive you

For things you haven't done yet

Oh I was anybody's boy

But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades


When we first met I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you

And the world walked 'round my mouth
I didn't mean to say it
I just blurted it out

As you pretended not to notice
Or be taken aback
And I loved you there and then

It's as simple as that

Oh I was everybody's boy

But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades

To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
Oh the Jack of all parades

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