Jack Of All Parades Lyrics - King Of America - Elvis Costello

When we first met I didn't know what to do 

My old love lines were all worn out on you 

And the world walked round my mouth 

They lit me up and they snuffed me out 

[Chorus:] 

And I was everybody's boy 

But soon that thrill just fades 

To be the love of one true heart 

Or the Jack of all parades 

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You won't know who to thank 

You won't know who to blame 

It's just a part of the Murdering Game 

'Cos down in the fleshpots 

Where they pay you in pounds 

They're laughing like drains 

And baying like bloodhounds 

For the Jack of all parades 

The Jack of all parades 

Once I knew a girl 

That looked so much like Judy Garland 

That people would stop and give her money 

And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby 

Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades, 

Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades, 

Oh the Jack, of all Parades. 

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Now the way that I feel is no longer news 

You know my love and how to refuse it 

Cause you know where the door is 

And how to use it 

Oh you know you do 

But from my chequered past 

To this shattered terrace 

Where you can't keep your mind off 

the Crimes of Paris 

And you can't keep your peace 

And try to forget it 

And I can't forgive you 

For things you haven't done yet 

Oh I was anybody's boy 

But soon that thrill just fades 

To be the love of one true heart 

Or the Jack of all parades 

When we first met I didn't know what to do 

My old love lines were all worn out on you 

And the world walked 'round my mouth 

I didn't mean to say it 

I just blurted it out 

As you pretended not to notice 

Or be taken aback 

And I loved you there and then 

It's as simple as that 

Oh I was everybody's boy 

But soon that thrill just fades 

To be the love of one true heart 

Or the Jack of all parades 

To be the love of one true heart 

Or the Jack of all parades 

Oh the Jack of all parades