Jangling Jack

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

Jangling Jack
 Goes Yackety Yack
 Visits the home of the brave
 Hails a fat yellow cab
 Jack wanna celebrate
 Jack wanna big drink
 Driver drops him at a bar
 Called the Rinky Dink
 Jack pushes through the door
 And crosses the floor
 Tips his hat to a man
 Grinning in the corner
 Going Do da do Do da do

Says, I'm Jangling Jack
 I go Do da do
 I wanna Rinky Dink Special
 I wanna little umbrella too
 Jack flops on his stool
 Sees the grinning man laugh
 So Jack laughs back
 Jack raises his glass
 Says, God bless this country
 And everything in it
 The losers and the winners
 The good guys and the sinners
 The grinning man says, Buddy



It's all Yackety Yack
 Whips out a little black pistol
 Shoots a bullet in Jack

Jangling Jack Do Da Do Do Da Do
 Jangling Jack
 How do you Do Da Do

Jangling Jack Flies off his seat
 Crashes through the door
 Lands in a heap on the street
 Hears his mother's voice
 Going, Do do do
 Jack is shouting
 Mummy is that you?
 He sees the berserk city
 Sees the dead stacked in piles
 Sees the screaming crowd
 Screams, Where am I?
 Going Do da do Going Do da do

Well Jangling Jack
 As a matter of fact
 Crawls through the crowd
 Back into the bar
 Jack crawls to his stool
 Jack drags himself up
 Falls back down on his arse
 In a puddle of blood
 Going Goodbye Mummy
 Goodbye Goodbye
 Jack doubles over
 And he vomits and dies
 Going Do do do Going Do do do