The Day That Jackie Jumped the Jail
Rebirth Amidst Chaos: The Tale of Jackie's Liberation
Lyrics
The day that Jackie jumped the jail
The day that Jackie escaped from prison
There was a big explosion just as he got off the motorway
There was a significant explosion right after he left the highway
And thirty thousand fireworks took the piss out of princes street gardens
Thirty thousand fireworks mocked or ridiculed Princes Street Gardens
So he drove up to the budgie for a livener
He went to the pub for a quick drink
See the smell of cabbages first thing in the morning
Describing the unpleasant smell of cabbages in the morning
The sun will be up again
Positive outlook that the sun will rise again
And you you will be loved again
Assurance that the listener will be loved again
After the sausages and cream of the barley
After having breakfast, including sausages and cream of the barley
There was a frame or two to be had at the "imperial" on mitchell street
Opportunity for a game of snooker at the "Imperial" on Mitchell Street
Five years ago he`d buried her memory with a snooker cue on a daft wee student`s head
Five years ago, he violently dealt with a painful memory involving a snooker cue and a student's head
Still he remembered everything
Despite the passage of time, he vividly remembered everything
The sun will be up again
Reiteration of the positive expectation that the sun will rise again
And you you will be loved again
Reassurance that the listener will experience love again
And the wind
Mention of the elements—wind and rain
And the rain
Repetition of the mention of rain
And the wind
Repetition of the mention of wind
And the rain
Repetition of the mention of rain
Falls around
Emphasizing that the wind and rain fall around
As he walked down hope street he thought about the last time they`d been together
While walking down Hope Street, reflecting on the last time they were together
He`d been wearing a green parka and he`d bought her yellow stilettos
He had bought her yellow stilettos while wearing a green parka
That squeezed her toes
Describing the tightness of the yellow stilettos on her toes
He`d told her the whole story as she took him into the wee penn behind sloan`s
He shared the entire story with her as they went into the small space behind Sloan's
And let him feel her all over
She allowed him to touch her all over for the last time
For the last time
Highlighting the finality of the physical connection
Ten minutes later the meat wagon picked him up
Shortly afterward, he was apprehended by the police
The sun will be up again
Optimistic repetition that the sun will rise again
And you,you will be loved again
Reassurance that the listener will be loved again
You will be loved
Direct assertion that the listener will be loved
And the wind
Mention of the elements—wind and rain
And the rain
Repetition of the mention of rain
Falls around
Emphasizing that the wind and rain fall around
All over this town
Concluding with the statement that the wind and rain fall all over the town
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