Looking for Jack

Album: Looking for Jack (1987)
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  • Everybody's always looking for Jack
    In the fire and in the water
    Everybody's always looking for Jack
    In the streets and on the corners

    I always wanted to be like Jack
    He's as cool as they come
    Yeah, I always wanted to be like Jack
    Still for me, he's the one

    Someday, someday
    Someday, someday

    Hear the wind blow through the long grass
    I hear laughter in the night
    No revelations as the years pass
    Just disappear from sight

    As I grow older, I grow younger
    Every day is like a dream
    I wouldn't go back for a moment
    Except for maybe seventeen

    Someday, someday
    Someday, someday

    Everybody's always looking for Jack
    In the fire and in the water
    Everybody's always looking for Jack
    In the streets and on the corners

    Yeah, even Jack is always looking for Jack
    He's always in another room
    And when I spoke to the woman there
    She said, "He left this afternoon"

    Someday, someday
    Someday, someday

    Someday, someday
    Someday, someday Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Steve from Harbor City, CaHerbie Hancock is the pianist on this song. It's a shame this album never achieved the success it deserved because it really is a masterpiece, from first song to last.
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