Jack from Mutantstrosities by THAT Damned Band
Tracklist
| 5. | Jack | 4:39 |
Lyrics
Jack or The Boy with the Smile that Leers as it Mocks
Written by Dylan M. Blackthorn
With some lyrical help from Sick
The circus folk are here, they’re down in the square
They’ve got a strange fellow that you can see there
For 10 cents, you too can see the boy with the smile
That leers as it mocks…
Jack
There is a creature waiting patiently below
Laying in darkness for the start of the show
Patiently waiting, in a costume so fair
He wears no mask but a face painted there
Jack... they call him Jack
And coiled to spring like a cat through the night
This creature’s unknowable visage alights
In the mind’s eye – will you startle in fright?
Or do you think some infernal delight… awaits?
Jack
A-quiver and nervous, your hand reaches out
Grasping the crank, and tuning it about
You know the cue as the melody plays
And what you see there will truly amaze
When you see Jack!
And NOW, Jack springs out the box
With the smile that leers as it mocks
Honestly, he doesn’t think much of you
Though he’s little he thinks little of you
But he knows just what to do-
To give you a thrill-
Credits
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
THAT Damned Band is an accordion-driven group playing new music influenced by Old-time, Old World, & vaudevillian era music and styles. They are the Boogeyman in the closet, the monster in the well, the necromancer summoning spirits in the graveyard, the troll under the bridge – invoking Datura Whiskey with blood, greenskin and tattered black lace.