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 at my mouth
  They lit me up and they snuffed me out
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  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
  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 was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby
  Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
  Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
  Oh the Jack, of all Parades.
  
  Now 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 of 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
  As you pretended not to notice
  Or be taken aback
  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
  To be the love of one true heart
  Or the Jack of all parades
  Oh the Jack of all parades