Jack, You're Dead-Louis Jordan/Tympany Five

[ti:Jack, You're Dead] [ar:Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five/The Joe Lippman Orchestra] [al:100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 17 (1947-1949)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jack, You're Dead - Louis Jordan/Tympany Five [00:11.24]When you got no more assurance [00:13.01] [00:13.61]Than a great big hunk o' lead [00:15.58] [00:16.70]If you don't respond to romance [00:18.74] [00:20.05]Jack you're dead [00:21.01] [00:22.49]When a chick is smilin' at you [00:23.86] [00:24.45]Even though there's nothin' said [00:26.42] [00:27.26]If you stand there like a statue [00:29.22] [00:30.68]Jack you're dead [00:31.63] [00:33.17]You been always kickin' [00:34.69] [00:35.69]But you stubbed your toes [00:37.45] [00:38.17]When you ups and kicks the bucket [00:39.85] [00:40.72]Just like ole man Mose [00:42.21] [00:43.68]When you get no kicks from lovin' [00:45.29] [00:46.03]And you blow your top instead [00:47.46] [00:48.62]It's a fact that you ain't livin' [00:50.13] [00:52.06]Jack you're dead [00:53.01] [01:36.13]If you just ain't got nobody [01:37.70] [01:38.43]Since you gone and lost your head [01:40.14] [01:41.22]Rigor mortis has set in daddy [01:42.94] [01:44.46]Jack you're dead [01:45.34] [01:46.65]What's the use of havin' muscles [01:48.21] [01:48.99]When your life hangs by a thread [01:50.59] [01:51.57]If you ain't got no red corpuscles [01:53.60] [01:54.95]Jack you're dead [01:55.93] [01:57.27]You been always kickin' [01:58.73] [01:59.87]But you stubbed your toes [02:01.42] [02:02.48]When you ups [02:03.14]And kicks the bucket [02:04.10] [02:04.84]Just like ole man Mose [02:06.42] [02:07.75]When you get no kicks from lovin' [02:09.37] [02:10.10]And the news begins to spread [02:11.80] [02:12.88]All the cats will holler murder [02:14.56] [02:15.93]Jack you're dead [02:16.93] [02:18.37]All the breath has leaked out of you [02:20.12] [02:20.93]When your friends gather round the bed [02:22.66]And look at you and say [02:23.84]Mm mm don't he look natural [02:25.26] [02:26.53]When that happens to you [02:27.56]Daddy Jack you're dead