jack the lad

john martyn

call me ugly

call me crazy

call me mad

you don't know just what i might call you

tell me a story

tell it up

tell it up

tell up your name

tell it up

tell it up

tell up your name

call me jack adaptor

call me jack of spades

call me jack of diamonds

i don't care for names

they call me jack adjuster

they can call me jack alive

the call me just

the just one

i survive

i'm jack the lad

i'm always jack the lad

i'm jack the lad

always jack the lad

it's a good day for running

it's a good day to learn just how to stay

it's a good day for moving on

it's a good day for just walking away

i'm jack the lad

call me jack the lad

they call me jack the lad

my name is jack the lad

i got skin as thick as a potato

they try to skin me and still call me jack

i got skin as thin as a tomato

always watch my little red back

call for jack the minder

jack the joiner

jack the thief

one day

i'll jack it in

i'll go and take myself some small release

i'm jack

i'm jack the lad

call me

call me jack the lad

call for jack the minder

call for jack the thief

call for jack the horner

one day i'll jack it in

play blue blood on the corner

play it blue blood

i'm jack the lad with a blue blood vein

i'm jack the lad with a blue blood vein

i'm jack the lad

with a blue blood vein

it wasn't just one man in the lion's den

i know for a fact that there were two

cos i myself was there right there and then

i said to daniel and the lion too

don't fear

you know that jack is here

you know i'm jack the lad

don't fear

don't worry

daniel! my name is jack

i'm at your back

don't fear the lion's roar

don't fear that lion

daniel

cause my name is jack

i'm at your back

and i'm the only jack the lad

i'm jack the lad

they call me jack the lad

i'm the lion's den

everywhere i go

in the pub around the corner

they call me jack

you know that i am jack the lad

what a terrible thing to be

call me jack the lad

one day you will

aye

it's jack the lad

come on daniel

bring on your lion

well they call me jack adjuster

just the lies they tell about you drive me mad

they call me jack adapter

jack of spades

the lies they tell about me drive me mad

my name

my name is jack the lad

my name

my name

my name is jack the lad

my name is jack the lad