Jack, You're Dead Lyrics - Joe Jackson

When you got no more assurance 

Than a great big hunk of lead 

If you don't respond to romance 

Jack, you're dead 

When a chick is smilin' at you 

Even though there's nothin' said 

You stand there like a statue 

Jack, you're dead 

You been always kickin' 

But you stubbed your toes 

When you ups and kicks the bucket 

Just like ole man, Mose 

When you get no kicks from lovin' 

And you blow your top instead 

It's a fact that you ain't livin' 

Jack, you're dead 

When you just ain't got nobody 

Since you gone and lost your head 

Rigor mortise has set in, daddy 

Jack, you're dead 

What's the use of havin' muscles 

If your life hangs by a thread 

If you ain't got no red corpuscles 

Jack, you're dead 

You been always kickin' 

But you stubbed your toes 

When you ups and kicks the bucket 

Just like ole man, Mose 

When you get no kicks from lovin' 

And the news begin to spread 

All the cats will holler, "Murder" 

Jack, you're dead 

All the breath has leaked out of you 

If your friends gather round the bed 

And look at you and say, "Don't he look natural?" 

When that happens to you, daddy 

Jack, you're dead