Joe Jackson

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Crime Don't Pay"

"Crime Don't Pay"

I got drunk with a real nice guy last night
In a mood to talk or fight
And he said, what's the matter
You don't look like you do so bad
I said I just been taking for everything I had
Someone took a fancy to my wallet
and my coat
So what you smiling at - ain't you been in that boat
It's something that there really should be
Something done about
He said don't knock it sonny
That's the way I started out
And now I got a nice suit
I got a nice car
It's been a nice day
Don't tell me that crime don't pay
Okay

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Dear Mom"

"Dear Mom"

Dear Mom - I thought I found my sister
Downtown - less than a week ago
I called in - and some guy said I just missed her
She moved on - where do you think she'd go?

Dear Mom - I know she's only sixteen
She's tough - but these days you never know
Someone - saw her at the El Mocambo
He said - she put on quite a show

What if she won't come home
You know she don't want your money
What if she won't come home

Dear Mom - I saw her on the subway
She looks good - she got a new tattoo
She swears - she's gonna call me later
I'd say - there's nothing we can do

What if she won't come home
You know she don't want your money
What if she won't come home

Dear Mom - I heard from my little sister
Guess what - she's really doing well
She told me - to give you a message for her
"Dear Mom - why don't you go to hell"

Now that she won't come home
Maybe I'll stick around here
Now that she won't come home

Now that she won't come home
Maybe I'll stay forever
Now that she won't come home

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Dirty Martini"

"Dirty Martini"

Two in the morning, there's a drink in my hand
(Dirt Dirt, Dirty Martini)
Nothing moving in this place but sweat
I heard a rumour 'bout a Cajun band
(Dirt Dirt, Dirty Martini)
The bartender says it's early yet
Wait, the bartender says it's early yet

Too many olives in too much gin
Steppin' out in the City of Sin
Too much dirty rice and too many beans
Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans
Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans

Have another, I believe I will
(Dirt Dirt, Dirty Martini)
And you can stir it with a dirty spoon
There's a prescription that I've got to fill
(Dirt Dirt, Dirty Martini)
And the doctor's gonna be here soon
Jimmy says the doctor's gonna be here soon

Too many olives in too much gin
Steppin' out in the City of Sin
Too much dirty rice and too many beans
Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans
Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Discipline"

"Discipline"

Discipline can stop my hunger
Discipline can quench my thirst
Discipline can make me stronger
If it doesn't kill me first

I'm gonna pump it up
gotta keep my body from falling apart
I gotta keep it up

Discipline can stop my hunger
Discipline can quench my thirst
Discipline can make me stronger
If it doesn't kill me first

I'm gonna tie you up
gonna keep you begging for the key to my heart
I gotta keep it up

But tonight I'm gonna be my only slave
put on my CD of the sound of waves
and drift away
'til another day...

Discipline can stop my hunger
Discipline can quench my thirst
Discipline can make me stronger
If it doesn't kill me first

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Don't Ask Me"

"Don't Ask Me"

I got ideas but I don't know it all
And when I speak you know my voice is small
And when I'm walking down the street
I never smile at folks I meet
Cause I know they won't smile at me
Now ask yourself why this should be

But if you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me
If you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me

I got feelings but they don't count for much
And I shake my fist but I got no power as such
But if I tell you what I see
Don't throw my words right back at me
Cause I can't shout and I can't moan
Cause I got problems of my own

But if you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me
If you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me

Someday soon I gotta learn enough
To justify my actions
Until then I want you all to try
To share my gut reactions
Gut reactions

But if you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me
If you want the answers
If you want the answers
Don't ask me

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Don't Wanna Be Like That"

"Don't Wanna Be Like That"

OK let me tell you 'bout some of the things I'm going through
I know you think that you know but how do you know
That what you know is true
Well maybe it's time for getting out of line
It seems like the done thing to do
Some people get crazy
Some people get lazy
Some people get hazy
Some people get out

Take me away I said take me away
I don't wanna be like that
Don't wanna be like that

Now the cocaine dens says welcome
You're in college now not in school
But I'm sorry to say that I'm going out to work
While you're going to the swimming pool
Where the L.A. sun can turn your brains
To scrambled eggs it's true
Some people get crazy
Some people get lazy
Some people get hazy
Some people get out

Take me away I said take me away
I don't wanna be like that
Don't wanna be like that

Some people think that they know about some girls
Some people think they're cool
And some girls think they know about me
Some girls think I'm some fool
And American girls that put their tongue in your ear
When they talk on the telephone
And the stars only come out at night
When the press and photographers moan and groan
And the Playboy centerfold leaves me cold
And that ain't 'cause I'm a fag
So you playboys can just go play with yourself
That's your style
'Cause that's a drag

Take me away I said take me away
I don't wanna be like that
Don't wanna be like that

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Drowning"

"Drowning"

I don't love you
But I'm lost
Thinking of you
And the ghosts
Of so many special moments
That passed so quickly at the time
And now they come and track me down
And echo round and round and round
And time goes quickly
Or disappears completely
And I feel like I fade away
Like drowning

I don't need you
But it's so hard
To be without you
Though you're not far away
I censor my emotions
And tell myself to bide my time
But every time you come around
You batter my defenses down
But so gently
Like some sweet hypnosis
And the world just slips away
I'm drowning

It's dark
My heart is pounding
I'm sinking down
Into a pool of passion
There's laughter as I drown
Like so many lost before me
Damned by lust and gone to hell
And then I look into your eyes
And something melts
I shake inside
And cool water
Washes me all over
Washes me away
And still I'm drowning

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Drunk Song"

"Drunk Song"

The hands on the clock stopped moving a long time ago
To the horror of cops and mothers and daughters
But I've made it to 2am
Now it's nothing to do with them
It's my life - or funeral

Another round for me, and those old friends
I know it might appear to be lonely
So here's to the on
Let's drink till the stone is gone
Then start over again

A man raises his hat, and says, "johnnie walker" to you
He stands guard for the tower of london
There's heroes and villians here

Captain morgan and belvedere
And queen victoria

Wild turkeys and bass abound in this oon
And even the grouse is said to be famous
Flying through mars to bed
Triennals and stars of red
Swirling into the air

Let's ride a white horse all the way from sambucca to rome
ack the back on the mythical centaur (sator[?])
strike on the harp
We sail on the
Over the air

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"El Blanco"

"El Blanco"

Uptown - downtown
No se enredan - soy el blanco
Black, white - day, night
No se enredan - soy el blanco

Se dijo que loco estoy
Vagando por este barrio
Mire que tenga cuidado
Pero para que sirve

Se que nadie soy
Pero por donde ande
Me pudieram sonreir
Dar la mano y matarme

Uptown - downtown
No se enredan - soy el blanco

Black, white - day, night
No se enredan - soy el blanco

Se dijo que loco estoy
Viviendo en loca ciudad
Le digo que son vagos
O se nada, o se unde

Yo se lo, que hago,
Feliz dia tras dia
Pero pasa algo
Y un cobarde soy

Uptown - downtown
No se enredan - soy el blanco
Black, white - day, night
No se enredan - soy el blanco

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Eleanor Rigby"
(originally by The Beatles)

"Eleanor Rigby"
(originally by The Beatles)

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working.
Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?