Lost-Just Jack

[ti:Lost] [ar:Just Jack] [al:Overtones] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.27]Picture this 2 30 [00:23.46]On the hottest night in June [00:25.26]He awakes for no reason [00:26.51]And checks his watch by the moon [00:28.46]And his mouth feels as dry as [00:30.20]His eyes as he struggles to rise [00:32.03]And stops to contemplate [00:32.59]His wife’s thighs as he does up his flies [00:35.60]He finds his slippers [00:36.53]Where he left them under the chair [00:38.34]Behind the 2 cups [00:39.59]And an old copy of marie claire [00:41.59]He switches the on the coffee machine [00:43.09]That of course works like a dream [00:45.02]Catches sight of his reflection [00:45.96]In the silver surface sheen [00:48.27]And It’s a face he knows well [00:50.01]Although it should look less abused [00:51.01]With all these moisturisers [00:52.20]And the skin products he’s used [00:54.94]As he moves through the kitchen' [00:56.31]His homage to brushed steel [00:57.81]Across the new pine flooring [00:59.31]That’s plastic but looks real [01:00.99]Past the plasma with the widescreen [01:02.32]And the cinema surround sound [01:04.65]And he stops on his favourite [01:06.39]Spot by the window and looks down [01:07.91]On the orange lit street [01:09.22]At the edge of the private car park [01:10.60]Where his Audi TT is waiting safely in the dark [01:14.10] [01:21.90]Keeping it all inside of you [01:25.89] [01:27.70]Something will have to give [01:31.88] [01:34.25]And if you could you’ll take it back [01:38.62]But you lose your way in the way you live [01:44.86] [01:59.84]Now he can hear wind chimes [02:01.77]Tinkling out on the balcony [02:03.33]And his phone beeping out a text message [02:05.27]In the same key [02:07.08]He checks it and it’s Jill [02:09.01]Who used to be his secretary [02:10.01]Before they started an affair [02:11.82]And things began to get really scary [02:13.71] [02:14.46]Now his wife Mary is getting weary of his lies [02:17.53]Like she’s read the whole [02:18.84]Sordid story in his eyes [02:20.10]It doesn’t help that [02:21.85]Jill’s now saying that she’s 2 weeks late [02:23.92]His mental state is really [02:25.30]Starting to deteriorate [02:25.80]He never knew how he got so out of his depth [02:30.10]Or why he’s broken more than [02:31.79]All these promises kept [02:32.47]And it’s been ages since he slept [02:36.03]Properly' his sleeps now broken [02:37.96]By these dreams of extra-marital activity [02:39.52]Trying to recapture the rapture [02:42.40]That he used to get from his material possessions [02:44.83]And endless retail therapy sessions [02:47.32]Shoulda listened to what his dad said before he died [02:50.46]The best things in life [02:51.77]Are the ones you can’t buy son [02:54.22]Keeping it all inside of you [02:57.98] [02:58.99]Something will have to give [03:03.94] [03:06.37]Wish you could buy a ticket back [03:11.43] [03:12.74]But you lose your way in the way you live [03:17.04] [03:19.29]He used to feel so safe up here [03:21.04]In his shrine to Ikea [03:21.91]Away from the shouts and the louts [03:23.97]And the girls with the over-painted pouts [03:25.79]And the queers and the dykes [03:27.28]And the kids in their box-fresh Nikes [03:29.04]Delivering rocks to the house [03:30.29]Across the street on rusty mountain bikes [03:33.11] [03:34.36]Aah aah [03:38.48] [03:45.53]He used to feel so safe up here [03:47.09]In his shrine to Ikea [03:48.65]Away from the shouts and the louts [03:50.33]And the girls with the over-painted pouts [03:52.21]And the queers and the dykes [03:53.64]And the kids in their box-fresh Nikes [03:55.33]Delivering rocks to the house [03:56.45]Across the street on rusty mountain bikes [03:58.57] [04:00.19]Aah aah