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

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

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
For 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's friend Jimmy or Bobby

Not the Jack, not the Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack, Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack, of all parades

Well, 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 in 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
And you pretended not to notice or be taken a-back
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
Oh, to be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack of all parades