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Scott Walker Jackie Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7/10 [4 votes]Album: Scott 2 / Original Release Date: 1968-03Genre: PopSong Duration: 3 min 21 sec
SCOTT WALKER
- Jackie Lyrics / with translationsAnd if one day I should become
A singer with a Spanish bum
Who sings for women of great virtue
I'd sing to them with a guitar
I borrowed from a coffee bar
Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
My name would be Antonio
And all my bridges I would burn
And when I gave them some they'd know
I'd expect something in return
I'd have to get drunk every night
And talk about virility
With some old grandmother
That might be decked out like a christmas tree
And though pink elephants I'd see
Though I'd be drunk as I could be
Still I would sing my song to me
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
And if I joined the social whirl
Became procurer of young girls
Then i would have my own bordellos
My record would be number one
And I'd sell records by the ton
All sung by many other fellows
My name would then be handsome Jack
And I'd sell boats of opium
Whisky that came from Twickenham
Authentic queers
And phony virgins
If I had banks on every finger
A finger in every country
And every country ruled by me
I'd still know where I'd want to be
Locked up inside my opium den
Surrounded by some china men
I'd sing the song that I sang then
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
Now, tell me, wouldn't it be nice
That if one day in paradise
I'd sing for all the ladies up there
And they would sing along with me
And we be so happy there to be
Cos' down below is really nowhere
My name would then be Junipher
Then I would know where I was going
And then I would become all knowing
My beard so very long and flowing
If I became deaf, dumb and blind
(was: If I could play deaf, dumb and blind)
Because I pitied all mankind
And broke my heart to make things right
I know that every single night
When my angelic work was through
The angels and the Devil too
Would sing my childhood song to me
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
A singer with a Spanish bum
Who sings for women of great virtue
I'd sing to them with a guitar
I borrowed from a coffee bar
Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
My name would be Antonio
And all my bridges I would burn
And when I gave them some they'd know
I'd expect something in return
I'd have to get drunk every night
And talk about virility
With some old grandmother
That might be decked out like a christmas tree
And though pink elephants I'd see
Though I'd be drunk as I could be
Still I would sing my song to me
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
And if I joined the social whirl
Became procurer of young girls
Then i would have my own bordellos
My record would be number one
And I'd sell records by the ton
All sung by many other fellows
My name would then be handsome Jack
And I'd sell boats of opium
Whisky that came from Twickenham
Authentic queers
And phony virgins
If I had banks on every finger
A finger in every country
And every country ruled by me
Locked up inside my opium den
Surrounded by some china men
I'd sing the song that I sang then
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
Now, tell me, wouldn't it be nice
That if one day in paradise
I'd sing for all the ladies up there
And they would sing along with me
And we be so happy there to be
Cos' down below is really nowhere
My name would then be Junipher
Then I would know where I was going
And then I would become all knowing
My beard so very long and flowing
If I became deaf, dumb and blind
(was: If I could play deaf, dumb and blind)
Because I pitied all mankind
And broke my heart to make things right
I know that every single night
When my angelic work was through
The angels and the Devil too
Would sing my childhood song to me
About the time they called me "Jacky"
If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
Facts about Jackie
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Jackie is written by Mort Shuman, Jacques Roman Brel, Gerard Jouannest.
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It is first released on March 01, 1968 as part of Scott Walker's album "Scott 2" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we consider what the writer meant by those haunting lines, Scott Walker's 'Jackie' explores the fantasy of living as different personas, each with a unique identity and lifestyle, to escape reality and find happiness. The song uses metaphors like 'opium den' and 'angelic work' to show how people find the imagined lives attractive but then become disenchanted with them. The Jackie lyrics mainly focus on five emotional states which include reflection and angst and nostalgia and solitude and joy. The song features multiple themes which include identity transformation and fame success desire and escapism and fantasy and self-pity and disillusionment. The lyrics contain references to adult themes such as drug use which includes the terms 'boats of opium' and 'whisky' and sexual content which includes the terms 'procurer of young girls' and 'bordellos' and mature language which includes the terms 'drunk as I could be' and 'drunk every night'. The elements present in this work do not reach R rating intensity yet their presence requires PG-13 classification.
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Jackie falls under the genre Pop.
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Jackie song length is 3 minutes and 21 seconds.
Who wrote Jackie lyrics?
Jackie is written by Mort Shuman, Jacques Roman Brel, Gerard Jouannest.
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When was Jackie released?
It is first released on March 01, 1968 as part of Scott Walker's album "Scott 2" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Jackie lyrics?
When we consider what the writer meant by those haunting lines, Scott Walker's 'Jackie' explores the fantasy of living as different personas, each with a unique identity and lifestyle, to escape reality and find happiness. The song uses metaphors like 'opium den' and 'angelic work' to show how people find the imagined lives attractive but then become disenchanted with them. The Jackie lyrics mainly focus on five emotional states which include reflection and angst and nostalgia and solitude and joy. The song features multiple themes which include identity transformation and fame success desire and escapism and fantasy and self-pity and disillusionment. The lyrics contain references to adult themes such as drug use which includes the terms 'boats of opium' and 'whisky' and sexual content which includes the terms 'procurer of young girls' and 'bordellos' and mature language which includes the terms 'drunk as I could be' and 'drunk every night'. The elements present in this work do not reach R rating intensity yet their presence requires PG-13 classification.
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Which genre is Jackie?
Jackie falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song Jackie?
Jackie song length is 3 minutes and 21 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Mort Shuman, Jacques Roman Brel, Gerard Jouannest
Record Label(s): 1968 Mercury Records Limited
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