Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Jacks Shadow

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] And the sun it shined And the sun it shined And the sun it shined A little stronger A little stronger [Verse 2] Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye" Spat from their dirty dungeons Into a fully different din Shat from their institutions Into a truly 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 Jack tracked his shadow down [Verse 3] Said the shadow to Jack Henry "Oh what's wrong?" Jack said "A home is not a hole" "And shadow, you're just a gallows that I hang my body from" "Oh 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 he kneeled his shadow on some steps And cried "What have I done?" [Chorus] Yeah the sun it shined Oh the sun it shined I say "Love is blind" "And is it any wonder?" "Is it any wonder?" [Verse 4] Jack and his damned shadow Is gone And though each one of us are want to duly mourn Yes, and though each one of us are want to duly mourn 'Tis done in brighter corners now 'Tis done in brighter corners now It's done in brighter corners now That Jack's black shadow's gone Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone [Chorus] Yeah, the sun it shines I said sun it shines Yeah, the sun it shines Is it any wonder? Is it any wonder? That love is blind I said love is blind I said 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 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 And who can blame our bloody blunders Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh the sun it shined Oh the sun it shined The sun it shined But when? I can't remember I can't remember [Outro] But it's done in brighter corners now It's done in brighter corners now It's done in brighter corners now It's done in brighter corners now It's done in brighter corners now Jack's black shadow's gone Jack's black shadow's gone Jack's black shadow's gone Jack's black shadow's gone Jack's black shadow's gone