Jackie

Sinead O'Connor · So Far... The Best Of Sinead O'Connor [1997]

Jackie left on a cold dark night

Telling me he'd be home

Sailed seas for a hundred years

Leaving me all alone



And I've been dead for twenty years,

I've been washing the sand with my ghostly tears

Searching the shores for my Jackie oh



I remember the day the young man came

Said Your Jackie's gone he got lost in the rain

And I ran to the beach and laid me down

Youre all wrong'' I said, and they stared at the sun

''That man know that sea like the back of his hand,

He'll be back sometimes laughing at you''



And I've been waiting all this time,

For my man to come take his hand in mine

And lead me away to unseen shores

I've been washing the sand with my salty tears

Searching the shores these long years

And I'll walk the sea forever more



Till i find my Jackie oh

Till i find my Jackie oh

Till i find my Jackie oh

Jackie oh Jackie oh Jackie oh