"Jackie" lyrics

"Jackie"
(originally by Sinéad O'Connor)

Jackie left on a cold, dark night
Telling me he'd be home
He sailed the sea for a hundred years
And left me all alone

Now I've been dead for twenty years
I've been washing the sand
With my ghostly tears
Searching the shores for my
Jackie, ooh

And I remember the day
That the young man came
Said your Jackie's gone
He's lost in the rain
And I ran to the beach
(Laid me down)

You're all wrong, I said
As they stared to the sand
That man knows the sea
Like the back of his hand
He'll be back sometime
Laughing at you

I've been waiting all this time
For my man to come
Take his hand in mine
And lead me away to unseen shores

I've been washing the sand
With my salty tears
Searching the shores these long years
And I walked the sea forevermore
'Til I find my Jackie, ooh

Jackie
Jackie
Jackie


Writer(s): Sinead O Connor
album: "Sleeping With Ghosts" (2003)
Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts album cover
Slackerbitch
(European Bonus Track)
Eyesight To The Blind
(European Bonus Track)
Miss Moneypenny
(European Bonus Track)
Then The Clouds Will Open For Me
(European Bonus Track)
Waiting For The Son Of Man
(European Bonus Track)
Leeloo
(Instrumental)
Ion
(Instrumental)
Drink You Pretty
(Japanese Bonus Track)
Protège Moi
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Running Up That Hill
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Where Is My Mind?
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Bigmouth Strikes Again
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Johnny & Mary
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
20th Century Boy
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
The Ballad Of Melody Nelson
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Holocaust
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
I Feel You
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Daddy Cool
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Jackie
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
You May Also Like
Garbage - "The World Is Not Enough" I know how to hurt, I know how to heal I know what to show and what to conceal I know when to talk and I know when to touch No one ever died from wanting too much The world is not enough But it is...
HIM - "Gone With The Sin" I love your skin Oh-so white I love your touch Cold as ice And I love Every single tear you cry I just love the way You're losing your life Whoa-oh, my baby How beautiful you are And, whoa-oh, my...
John Frusciante - "The Will To Death" And they're thought to be lies, but we saw them, saw them We looked right in their eyes, right at them, at them Pinning space to the world, we slaughtered, slaughtered Not a sound to be heard, we're...
Stereophonics - "Fly Like An Eagle" Thinking about quitting Think it's time now Thinking it's all over Quiet in my mind Everybody's laughing Everybody's sure Nothing seems likely Nothing's unknown Did you ever feel like everything's...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Bright Horses" The bright horses have broken free from the fields They are horses of love, their manes full of fire They are parting the cities, those bright burning horses And everyone is hiding, and no one makes...