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This is the house that Jack built, y'all
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Remember this house!
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This was the land that he worked by hand
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The was the dream of an upright man
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This was the room that was filled with love
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This was a love that I was proud of
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This was a life of a love I planned
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Of a love and a life we loved
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Of the house that Jack built.
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Remember this house!
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There was the fence that held our love,
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There was the gate that he walked out of
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This is the heart that is turned to stone
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This was the house, but it ain't no home
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This is the love that I once had
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In a dream that I thought was love,
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This is the house that Jack built,
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I'm gonn' remember this house!
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Oh-ohh wha-a-at's the use of crying?
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Because I brought it on myself
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There's no denying
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But it see-e-ee-ems awful funny
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That I didn't understand
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Was it a house of an upright man
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Up on the hill
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There's a big plan still
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In the house that Jack built
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Listen!
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I got the house
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I got the car
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I got the rug
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And I got the rack
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But I ain't got Jack
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And I want my Jack back!
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I turned my back on Jack
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He said he wasn't coming back
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I turned my back on Jack
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he said he wasn't coming back
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Ohhh, Jack
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Ohh! Come on back
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Ohh Jack
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Oh come on back
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He wanted to use me
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I didn't understand
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I said, I want my upright man
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The House That Jack Built
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| Aretha Franklin |
