Jack's Shadow

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