The House That Jack Built

Album: A Price on His Head (1967)
Charted: 4
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  • This is the house that Jack built, y'all
    Remember this house!

    This was the land that he worked by hand
    The was the dream of an upright man
    This was the room that was filled with love
    This was a love that I was proud of
    This was a life of a love I planned
    Of a love and a life we loved
    Of the house that Jack built.
    Remember this house!

    There was the fence that held our love,
    There was the gate that he walked out of
    This is the heart that is turned to stone
    This was the house, but it ain't no home
    This is the love that I once had
    In a dream that I thought was love,
    This is the house that Jack built,
    I'm gonn' remember this house!

    Oh-ohh wha-a-at's the use of crying?
    Because I brought it on myself
    There's no denying
    But it see-e-ee-ems awful funny
    That I didn't understand
    Was it a house of an upright man

    Up on the hill
    There's a big plan still
    In the house that Jack built

    Listen!
    I got the house
    I got the car
    I got the rug
    And I got the rack
    But I ain't got Jack
    And I want my Jack back!

    I turned my back on Jack
    He said he wasn't coming back
    I turned my back on Jack
    he said he wasn't coming back
    Ohhh, Jack
    Ohh! Come on back
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