Jangling Jack Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Jangling Jack 

Goes Yackety Yack 

Visits the home of the brave 

Hails a fat yellow cab 

Jack wanna celebrate 

Jack wanna big drink 

Driver drops him at a bar 

Called the Rinky Dink 

Jack pushes through the door 

And he crosses the floor 

Tips his hat to a man 

Grinning in the corner 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Says, I'm Jangling Jack 

I go do da do 

I wanna Rinky Dink Special 

I wanna little umbrella too 

And he flops on his stool 

Sees the grinning man laugh 

So Jack laughs back 

Jack raises his glass 

Says, God bless this country 

And everything in it 

The losers and the winners 

And I said, good guys and the sinners 

The grinning man says 

Buddy it's all Yackety Yack 

Whips out a little black pistol 

Shoots a bullet in Jack 

I hear now Jangling Jack do da do, do da do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Jangling Jack, do do do, do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Hey buddy 

Jangling Jack flies off his seat 

Crashes through the door 

Lands in a heap on the street 

Hears his mother's voice 

Going, do da do 

Jack is shouting, mummy, mummy 

Mummy is that you? 

He sees the berserk city 

Sees the dead stacked in piles 

Sees the screaming crowd 

Screams, where am I? 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Oh yeah 

Jangling Jack, do da do, da da do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Oh, mummy, mummy 

Well, Jangling Jack 

As a matter of fact 

Crawls through the crowd 

Back into the bar 

Jack crawls to his stool 

Jack drags himself up 

Falls back down on his ass 

In a puddle of blood 

Going goodbye mummy 

Goodbye ma 

Then Jack doubles over 

And he vomits and dies 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Going do da do, going do da do 

Oh yeah 

Jangling Jack, do da do, da da do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do da do 

Jangling Jack, do da do, do, do