Nick Cave - Jack's Shadow lyric

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They dragged Jack and his shadow from the hole

And the bulb that burned above him

Did shine both day and night

And his shadow learned to love his

Little darks and greater light

And the sun, it shined

And the sun, it shined

And the sun, it shined

A little stronger, a little stronger

Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye"

Spat from their dirty dungeons

Into a truly different din

Shat from their institutions

Into a fully different din

And his shadow soon became a wife

And children plagued his latter life

Until one night he took a skinning knife

And stole into the town

And tracked, tracked his shadow down

Said the shadow to Jack Henry, "What's wrong?"

Jack said, "A home is not a hole"

"And shadow, you're just a gallow that I hang my body from"

"O shadow, you're a shackle from which my time is never done"

Then he peeled his shadow off in strips

He peeled his shadow off in strips

Then kneeled his shadow on some steps

And cried, "What have I done?"

And the sun, it shined

And the sun, it shined

I say "Love is blind"

And is it any wonder?

Is it any wonder?

Jack and his damned shadow is gone

And though each one of us all, want to duly mourn

Yes, and though each one of us, all want to duly mourn

'Tis done in brighter corners now

'Tis done in brighter corners now

'Tis done in brighter corners now

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

And the sun, it shined

I say sun, it shined

And the sun it shined

A little stronger

Is it any wonder?

Is it any wonder?

That love is blind

I say love is blind

I say love is blind

A little stronger

A little stronger

'Tis done in brighter corners now

Tis done in brighter corners now

'Tis done in brighter corners now

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone

And I swear, love is blind

Yeah, love is blind

Yeah, love is blind

[Incomprehensible]

Oh, the sun, it shined

The sun, it shined

The sun, it shined

But when I can't remember

But 'tis done in brighter corners now

Tis done in brighter corners now

'Tis done in brighter corners now

Tis done in brighter corners now

'Tis done in brighter corners now

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

Now that Jack's black shadow's gone

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