Franz Ferdinand - Jackie Jackson lyrics

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Well, Jackie Jackson was a greedy boy

That's right, he liked to stuff his face

The thing that gave that boy the greatest joy

Was eating far too many cakes

And he ate one, two, three, four

But Jackie wanted more

Five, six, seven, eight

Jackie had another plate

and by the time he got to twenty

Anybody woulda thought that he'd had plenty

But he had another eight which

Which makes it twenty-eight

So when he got to twenty-eight

He stopped.

He stopped eating cakes but only because he'd run out of cakes

But

Jackie Jackson was a greedy boy

Yes, he said, "I've not had enough

I think that I could eat a THOUSAND cakes

Then I could eat a thousand more

Because

Because I love the taste of tasty cakes

I think I'll find myself some MORE!"

And he did

He went down to the local shop where there were LOADS of cakes

LOADS of cakes

So he ate one, two, three, four, five and six

Well, Jackie was a little bit sick

And didn't stop when he got to eight

And said, "I love the taste of cakes!

I love the taste of cakes, that's right

I'll eat all day and I'll eat all night"

And one, two, three, four

Jackie had a little bit more

At seventeen he said, "I need to eat until the shop is clean

And cakes, and all the cakes pass through my mouth,

I munch up a banana

I munched up cakes into my large expanding gut

My large expanding gut."

And he did, he ate 32 cakes in that shop and

Ah, he'd already eaten 28 cakes

28 and 32, that means he'd eaten 60 cakes.

And, well, do you think that Jackie Jackson's had eaten enough cakes?

Well, Jackie was a greedy boy

He said, "I'll never have enough!"

He ate 10, 20, 30, 40

Jackie said he'd never thought he'd

Get to eat so many tasty cakes and ate another 80

Jackie gave a little moan

His stomach gave a little groan

Jackie yelled and cried, "Oh no!

I think my belly's overloaded!

My belly's overloaded! My belly's overloaded!

My belly's overloaded! My belly's overloaded!"

BANG!

Jackie exploded.

He'd eaten over 200!

200!

200 cakes.

He'd eaten 200 cakes and Jackie Jackson?

Well, Jackie was dead.