When we first met I didn't know what to do
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My old love lines were all worn out on you
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And the world walked round my mouth
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They lit me up and they snuffed me out
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And I was everybody's boy
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But soon that thrill just fades
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To be the love of one true heart
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Or the Jack of all parades
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You won't know who to thank
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You won't know who to blame
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It's just a part of the Murdering Game
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'Cos down in the fleshpots
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Where they pay you in pounds
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They're laughing like drains
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And baying like bloodhounds
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For the Jack of all parades
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The Jack of all parades
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Once I knew a girl
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That looked so much like Judy Garland
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That people would stop and give her money
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And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby
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Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
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Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
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Oh the Jack, of all Parades.
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Now the way that I feel is no longer news
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You know my love and how to refuse it
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Cause you know where the door is
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And how to use it
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Oh you know you do
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But from my chequered past
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To this shattered terrace
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Where you can't keep your mind off
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the Crimes of Paris
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And you can't keep your peace
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And try to forget it
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And I can't forgive you
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For things you haven't done yet
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Oh I was anybody's boy
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But soon that thrill just fades
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To be the love of one true heart
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Or the Jack of all parades
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When we first met I didn't know what to do
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My old love lines were all worn out on you
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And the world walked 'round my mouth
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I didn't mean to say it
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I just blurted it out
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As you pretended not to notice
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Or be taken aback
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And I loved you there and then
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It's as simple as that
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Oh I was everybody's boy
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But soon that thrill just fades
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To be the love of one true heart
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Or the Jack of all parades
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To be the love of one true heart
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Or the Jack of all parades
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Oh the Jack of all parades
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Jack Of All Parades
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Elvis Costello |