The Big Jack Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

I know you and you know me 

We met many years ago 

In the halls of some ivy covered university 

Where we both used to go 

Now we stand outside the Denmark Hotel 

With Japanese men in their business suits 

It's midnight, you're talking to some Frenchman 

About who does what to you know who 

You want the big jack 

You want the sky to crack 

You want something that's going to give you 

The big jack 

You want the big jack 

Hell we all want that 

You want something that's going to give you 

The big jack 

You say you want to go somewhere 

Where your ideals were much more than luxuries 

ANd just like some great old paining 

You set there so smug 

With your hands between your knees 

You want the big jack 

You want the sky to crack 

You want something that's going to give you 

The big jack 

You want the big jack 

Hell, we all want that 

You want something that's going to give you a 

Heart attack 

So go back down to that Mississippi town 

Where you come from 

Have a big time tonight 

I can still see you in your father's coat 

On the delta shore 

That he once owned 

I want to be your father's coat 

I want you girl to marry me 

I want the big jack 

I want the sky to crack 

I want something that's going to give me 

The big jack 

I want the big jack 

Hell, we all want that 

I want something that's going to give me a 

Heart attack 

I want the big jack 

Yeah, we all want that 

We want something that's going to give us the big jack 

I want the big jack 

I want the sky to crack 

I want something that's going to give me the big jack 

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