They dragged Jack and his shadow
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From the hole
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And the bulb that burned above him
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Did shine both day and night
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And his shadow learned to love his
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Little darks and greater light
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And the sun it shined
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And the sun it shined
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And the sun it shined
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A little longer
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Jack wept and kissed his shadow
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"Goodbye"
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Spat from their dirty dungeons
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Into a truly different din
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Shat from their institutions
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Into a fully different din
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And his shadow soon became a wife
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And children plagued his latter life
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Until one night he took a skinning knife
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And stole into the town
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And tracked his shadow down
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Said the shadow to Jack Henry
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"What's wrong?"
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Jack said "A home is not a hole"
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"And shwdow, you're just a gallow that I hang my body from"
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"O Shadow, your a shackle from wich my time is never done"
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Then he peeled his shadow off in strips
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He peeled his shadow off in strips
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Then kneeled his shadow on some steps
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And cried "What have I done?"
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And the sun it shined
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And the sun it shined
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I say "Love is blind"
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"And is it any wonder?!"
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"And is it any wonder?!"
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Jacked and his damned shadow
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Is gone
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And though each one of us are want to duly mourn
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And though each one of us are want to duly mourn
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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And the sun it shined
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And the sun it shined
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And the sun it shined
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A little stronger
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I swear, love is blind
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Ooh, love is blind
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Yeah, love is blind
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And is it any wonder?
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Jack's Shadow
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
